Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2012 - Slovak Telekom v Commission
(Joined Cases T-458/09 and T-171/10)
(Competition - Administrative procedure - Decisions requesting information - Necessity for the information sought - Principle of good administration - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Proportionality)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Slovak Telekom a.s. (Bratislava, Slovakia) (represented: initially by M. Maier, L. Kjølbye and D. Geradin, and subsequently by L. Kjølbye, D. Geradin and G. Berrisch, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented: in Case T-458/09, by F. Castillo de la Torre and K. Mojzesowicz and in Case T-171/10, by F. Castillo de la Torre, K. Mojzesowicz and J. Bourke, Agents)
Re:
Applications for annulment, first, of Commission Decision C(2009) 6840 of 3 September 2009 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Articles 18(3) and 24(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39.523 - Slovak Telekom) and, second, of Commission Decision C(2010) 902 of 8 February 2010 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Articles 18(3) and 24(1) of Regulation No 1/2003 (Case COMP/39.523 - Slovak Telekom)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Slovak Telekom a.s. to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 11, 16.1.2010.