Order of the President of the General Court of 24 November 2011 - Éditions Jacob v Commission

(Case T-471/11 R)

(Application for interim measures - Competition - Concentration of enterprises - Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market subject to sale of assets - Annulment by the General Court of the initial decision on the Commission's approval of the purchaser of the sold assets - Application for suspension of operation of the decision on the further approval of the same purchaser - No urgency - Weighing of interests)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Éditions Odile Jacob SA (Paris, France)) (represented by: O. Fréget, M. Struys and L. Eskenazi, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, O. Beynet and S. Noë, agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of operation of Commission Decision C (2011) 3503 of 13 May 2011 on the approval of Wendel Investissement SA as the purchaser of the assets sold in accordance with Commission Decision 2004/422/EC of 7 January 2004 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2978 - Lagardère/Natexis/VUP)),

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    The costs are reserved.

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