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Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber, Extended Composition) of 20 November 2002 in Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA and Canal+ SA v Commission of the European Communities¹

(Competition ( Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 ( Modification of a decision declaring a concentration compatible with the common market ( Restrictions directly related and necessary to the implementation of the concentration ("Ancillary restrictions") ( Action for annulment ( Challengeable acts ( Legal interest in bringing proceedings ( Legal certainty ( Legitimate expectations ( Reasons)

    (Language of the case: French)

In Case T-251/00: Lagardère SCA, established in Paris, represented by A. Winckler, avocat, with an address for service in Luxembourg, Canal+ SA, established in Paris, represented by J.-P. de La Laurencie and P.-M. Louis, avocats, against Commission of the European Communities (Agents: W. Wils and F. Lelièvre) - application for annulment of the Commission's decision of 10 July 2000 amending the decision of the Commission of 22 June 2000 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and with the European Economic Area Agreement (Case COMP/JV 40 Canal+/Lagardère and COMP/JV 47 Canal+/Lagardère/Liberty Media)- the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber, Extended Composition), composed of M. Jaeger, President, R. García-Valdecasas, K. Lenaerts, P. Lindh and J. Azizi, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 20 November 2002, in which it:

1.annuls the Commission's decision of 10 July 2000 amending the decision of the Commission of 22 June 2000 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and with the European Economic Area Agreement (Case COMP/JV 40 Canal+/Lagardère and COMP/JV 47 Canal+/Lagardère/Liberty Media).

    2.orders the defendant to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ No C 335 of 25.11.00.