Order of the President of the General Court of 19 January 2024 – Vivendi v Commission

(Case T-1097/23 R)

(Interim proceedings – Competition – Concentrations – Request for information – Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 – Application for interim measures – No urgency)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Vivendi SE (Paris, France) (represented by: P. Gassenbach, P. Wilhelm, E. Dumur, O. Thomas, S. Schrameck, F. de Bure and Y. Boubacir, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Caro de Sousa, B. Cullen and D. Viros, agents)

Re:

By its application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2023) 6428 final of 19 September 2023 relating to a procedure pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Case M.11184 – Vivendi/Lagardère) (the ‘decision of 19 September 2023’), as amended by Commission Decision C(2023) 7463 final of 27 October 2023 (the ‘decision of 27 October 2023’) and, second, as a precautionary measure, an order that the Commission retain all of the documents concerned by the decision of 19 September 2023 as amended by the decision of 27 October 2023, on a dedicated electronic device, delivered under electronic seal to an independent, trusted third party.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    The order of 28 November 2023, Vivendi v Commission (T-1097/23 R) is cancelled.

3.    The costs are reserved.

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