CELEX: C2003/304/49
Language: en
Date: 2003-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2003 in Joined Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02, Cableuropa SA and others v Commission of the European Communities (Competition — Control of concentrations between undertakings — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision to refer a concentration to the national authorities — Meaning of distinct market)

13.12.2003              EN                         Official Journal of the European Union                                          C 304/27
with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Com-                    (agent: L. Fraguas Gardea), Sogecable SA, established in Madrid,
mission of the European Communities (Agents: C. Berardis-                  represented by S. Martinez Lage and H. Brokelmann, lawyers,
Kayser and F. Clotuche-Duvieusart) — application for annul-                DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (Vía Digital),
ment of the Commission’s decision refusing to enter the                    established in Madrid, and Telefónica de Contenidos SAU,
applicant on the list of officials deemed most deserving of                established in Madrid, represented by M. Merola and S. Moreno
promotion to Grade B 2 for the 2001 promotion procedure                    Sánchez, lawyers, application for annulment of the Com-
and also the decision not to promote him — the Court of First              mission decision of 14 August 2002 referring the examination
Instance (Third Chamber), composed of K. Lenaerts, President,              of the concentration integrating DTS Distribuidora de Tele-
and J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, gave a             visión Digital SA (Via Digital) and Sogecable SA to the Spanish
judgment on 18 September 2003, the operative part of which                 competition authorities in accordance with Article 9 of Council
is as follows:                                                             Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the
                                                                           control of concentrations between undertakings (Case COMP/
1.    The application is dismissed;                                        M.2845 — Sogecable/Canalsatélite Digital/Vía Digital), the
                                                                           Court of Justice (Third Chamber), composed of A. Lenaerts,
                                                                           President, and J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, judges: Registrar: J. Palacio
2.    The parties shall bear their own costs.
                                                                           González, Principal Administrator, has delivered a judgment
                                                                           on 30 September 2003 in which it:
(1) OJ C 247 of 12.10.2002.
                                                                           (1) Joins Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02 for the purposes of the
                                                                                judgment;
                                                                           (2) Dismisses the applications;
                                                                           (3) Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and jointly and
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     severally to pay the costs of the Commission, Sogecable, Vía
                                                                                Digital and Telefónica de Contenidos in connection with the
                     of 30 September 2003                                       applicants’ actions;
                                                                           (4) Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
in Joined Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02, Cableuropa SA
and others v Commission of the European Communi-
                                ties (1)                                   (1) OJ C 19 of 24.1.2003.
(Competition — Control of concentrations between under-
takings — Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 — Decision to
refer a concentration to the national authorities — Meaning
                         of distinct market)
                          (2003/C 304/49)
                                                                                 ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                   (Language of the case: Spanish)
                                                                                                of 17 September 2003
                                                                           in Case T-310/97: Nederlandse Antillen v Council of the
In Joined Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02, Cableuropa SA,                                             European Union (1)
established in Madrid (Spain), Región de Murcia de Cable SA,
established in Murcia (Spain), Valencia de Cable SA, established
in Madrid, Mediterránea Sur Sistemas de Cable SA, established              (Association of the overseas countries and territories —
in Alicante (Spain), Mediterránea Norte Sistemas de Cable SA,              Decision 97/803/EC — Action for annulment — Inadmissi-
established in Castellón (Spain), represented by L. Castresana                                            bility)
Sánchez and G. Samaniego Bordiu, lawyers, with an address
for service in Luxembourg, Aunacable SA, established in                                              (2003/C 304/50)
Madrid, represented by A. Creus Carreras and N. Lacalle
Mangas, lawyers, Sociedad Operadora de Telecomunicaciones
de Castilla y León (Retecal) SA, established in Boecilli (Spain),                             (Language of the case: English)
Euskaltel SA, established in Zamudio-Bizkaia (Spain), Telecable
de Avilés SA, established in Avilés (Spain), Telecable de Ovieda
SA, established in Oviedo (Spain), Telecable de Gijón SA,
established in Gijón (Spain), R. Cable y Telecomunicaciones                In Case T-310/97, Nederlandse Antillen, represented by
Galicia SA, established in La Coruña (Spain), Tenaria SA,                  P.V.F. Bos and M. Slotboom, lawyers, with an address for
established in Cordovilla (Spain), represented by J. Jiménez               service in Luxembourg, v Council of the European Union
Laiglesia, lawyer, v Commission of the European Communites                 (Agents: J. Huber and G. Houttuin), supported by Commission
(agent: F. Castillo de la Torre), supported by Kingdom of Spain            of the European Communities (Agents: T. van Rijn and