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Subject-matter

Appeal brought against the judgment of 13 September 2010 in Case T279/04 Éditions Jacob v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed Odile Jacob's action for annulment of Commission Decision 2004/422/EC of 7 January 2004 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Case COMP/M.2978 — Lagardère/Natexis/VUP) – Manifest error of assessment – Breach of the principles of legal certainty, protection of legitimate expectations and equality

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Regulation 4064/89 -A02 : paragraph 4
• Regulation 4064/89 -A02P1LA : paragraph 68
• Regulation 4064/89 -A02P2 : paragraph 66
• Regulation 4064/89 -A02P3 : paragraph 66
• Regulation 4064/89 -A03 : paragraph 5
• Regulation 4064/89 -A04 : paragraph 6
• Regulation 4064/89 -A06 : paragraph 7
• Regulation 4064/89 -A07 : paragraph 8
• Regulation 4064/89 -A07P5 : paragraph 39
• Regulation 4064/89 -A08 : paragraph 9
• Regulation 4064/89 -A08P2 : paragraph 49
• Regulation 4064/89 -A10 : paragraph 10
• Regulation 4064/89 -A14 : paragraphs 11, 38
• Decision 2004/422 : paragraphs 1 - 89
• Commission - Other Acts - 52001XC0302(01) : paragraph 81
• General Court - Judgment T -279/04 : paragraphs 1 - 89
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/06 : paragraphs 48, 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -289/11 : paragraph 85

Operative part

• Confirms : General Court - Judgment T -279/04

Opinion

• TFEU, Article 102 : point 66
  
• Regulation 4064/89 : points 19, 26, 50, 66
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A02P1LA : point 75
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A03 : points 20, 21
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A03P3 : points 25, 28, 55
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A03P5LA : points 25, 33, 52 - 55
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A04 : point 18
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A04P1 : points 18, 40, 43, 52
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A08P2 : points 18, 49, 66, 74, 75
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A08P3 : points 40, 66, 75
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A14P2LB : point 18
  
• Regulation 4064/89 -A7P1 : point 39
  
• Decision 2004/422 : points 1 - 82
  
• Commission - Other Acts - 52001XC0302(01) : points 71, 72, 79
  
• Commission - Other Acts - 52008XC0416(08) : points 23, 26
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -259/85 : point 40
  
• General Court - Judgment T -342/00 : points 76, 78
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -82/01 : point 70
  
• General Court - Judgment T -282/02 : points 19, 21, 23, 26, 74
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -342/03 : point 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -404/04 : point 32
  
• General Court - Judgment T -279/04 : points 1 - 82
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -413/06 : points 48 - 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -431/07 : point 70
  
• General Court - Judgment T -411/07 : point 26
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 24/11/2010

Date of the Opinion

• 06/03/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

06/11/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 46 from 12.02.2011, p.4

Judgment: OJ C 9 from 12.01.2013, p.8

Name of the parties

Éditions Odile Jacob v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Lavoie, Chantal: Where are we with warehousing?, Competition Law Insight 2012 Vol. 11 Issue 4 p.12-13 (EN)
2. Goyder, Joanna: The Lagardère saga goes on. The latest ECJ judgments on warehousing, Competition Law Insight 2012 Vol. 11 Issue 12 p.16-17 (EN)
3. Idot, Laurence: Notion de concentration et convention de portage, indépendance du mandataire, Europe 2013 Janvier Comm. nº 1 p.40-41 (FR)
4. Mok, M.R.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 nº 137 (NL)
5. Prieto, Catherine: Contrôle de concentration : coup de projecteur sur les opérations de portage avant notification et sur les mandataires chargés de la supervision des cessions d'actifs au titre des engagements subordonnant une autorisation, Revue des contrats 2013 p.146-152 (FR)
6. De Jong, M.A.: Lagardère-zaak: comback van de parkeerconstructie?, Markt & Mededinging 2013 p.13-18 (NL)
7. Von Koppenfels, Ulrich: Les arrêts Odile Jacob de la Cour de justice du 6 novembre 2012, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2013 nº 35 p.8-12 (FR)
8. Vibert, Angélique: Nouvel épisode dans la Saga Odile Jacob - La grande chambre de la Cour de justice statue sur plusieurs questions de droit en matière de contrôle des concentrations et de respect d'engagements, L'Observateur de Bruxelles 2013 p.36-41 (FR)
9. Meyring, Bernd: Editions Odile Jacob: No Guidance on Warehousing Structures, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2013 Vol. 4 nº 3 p.239-241 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Concentrations between undertakings
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : dismissal on substantive grounds
  
• Appeals : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Juhász

Advocate General

Mazák

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English