Order of the General Court of 20 January 2012 - Groupe Partouche v Commission
(Case T-315/10)
(Action for annulment - Concentrations - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market - Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Groupe Partouche (Paris, France) (represented by: J.-J. Sebag, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Biolan, F. Ronkes Agerbeek and N. von Lingen, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: La Française des Jeux (Boulogne-Billancourt, France); and Groupe Lucien Barrière (Paris, France) (represented by: D. Théophile and P. Mèle, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision C (2010) 3333 of 21 May 2010 declaring the concentration operation for the acquisition by La Française des Jeux and Groupe Lucien Barrière of joint control over the undertaking Newco (Case COMP/M.5786 - Française des Jeux/Groupe Lucien Barrière/JV) to be compatible with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed.
2. Groupe Partouche shall bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission, La Française des Jeux and Groupe Lucien Barrière.
____________1 - OJ C 274, 9.10.2010.