CELEX: 62021CN0449
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-449/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 21 July 2021 — Towercast v Autorité de la concurrence, Ministère de l’Économie

8.11.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 452/9
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris (France) lodged on 21 July 2021 — Towercast v Autorité de la concurrence, Ministère de l’Économie
      (Case C-449/21)
      (2021/C 452/09)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Referring court
      
      Cour d’appel de Paris
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Towercast
      
         Defendants: Autorité de la concurrence, Ministère de l’Économie
      
         Question referred
      
      Is Article 21(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (1) to be interpreted as precluding a national competition authority from regarding a concentration which has no Community dimension within the meaning of Article 1 of that regulation, is below the thresholds for mandatory ex ante assessment laid down in national law, and has not been referred to the European Commission under Article 22 of Regulation No 139/2004, as constituting an abuse of a dominant position prohibited by Article 102 TFEU, in the light of the structure of competition on a market which is national in scope?
      
         (1)  OJ 2004 L 24, p. 1.