Order of the President of the General Court of 23 January 2012 - Henkel and Henkel France v Commission

(Case T-607/11 R)

(Application for interim measures - Competition - Commission decision refusing to transmit documents to a national competition authority - Application for interim measures - No interest in bringing proceedings - Disregard of formal requirements - Measures requested not provisional in character - Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany); and Henkel France (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) (represented by: R. Polley, T. Kuhn, F. Brunet and É. Paroche, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Khan and P.J.O. Van Nuffel, Agents)

Re:

Application for interim measures in relation to the Commission's decision of 30 September 2011 (Case COMP/39.579 - Consumer detergents - and Case 09/0007 F) dismissing the request of the French competition authority that the Commission transfer to it, in the context of Case 09/0007 F concerning the French detergents sector, a number of documents produced in Case COMP/39.579.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    Costs are reserved.

____________