CELEX: 62019TA0399
Language: en
Date: 2022-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-399/19: Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2022 — Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo v Commission (Rejection of a complaint) (Competition — Abuse of a dominant position — Gas markets of central and eastern Europe — Decision rejecting a complaint — No EU interest — State action defence — Obligation to conduct a diligent examination — Procedural rights under Regulation (EC) No 773/2004)

21.3.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 128/18
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 2 February 2022 — Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo v Commission (Rejection of a complaint)
      (Case T-399/19) (1)
      
      (Competition - Abuse of a dominant position - Gas markets of central and eastern Europe - Decision rejecting a complaint - No EU interest - State action defence - Obligation to conduct a diligent examination - Procedural rights under Regulation (EC) No 773/2004)
      (2022/C 128/24)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: K. Karasiewicz, T. Kaźmierczak, K. Kicun and P. Moskwa, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Ernst, G. Meessen and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Gazprom PJSC (Moscow, Russia), and Gazprom export LLC (Saint Petersburg, Russia) (represented by: J. Karenfort, J. Hainz, B. Evtimov, N. Tuominen and J. Heithecker, lawyers, as well as D. O’Keeffe, Solicitor)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Decision C(2019) 3003 final of the Commission of 17 April 2019 rejecting the complaint (Case AT.40497 — Polish gas prices).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls Decision C(2019) 3003 final of the European Commission of 17 April 2019 rejecting the complaint (Case AT.40497 — Polish gas prices);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A.;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Gazprom PJSC and Gazprom export LLC to bear their own respective costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 288, 26.8.2019.