Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 20 January 2012 – Groupe Partouche v Commission

(Case T-315/10)

Action for annulment – Concentrations – Decision declaring the concentration compatible with the common market – Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Inadmissibility

Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Pleas in law not set out in the application – Reference to elements in an annex – Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 18-20, 27, 36-39)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2010) 3333 of 21 May 2010 declaring the concentration operation for the acquisition by La Française des Jeux and Groupe Lucien Barrière of joint control over the undertaking Newco (Case COMP/M.5786 – Française des Jeux/Groupe Lucien Barrière/JV) to be compatible with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Groupe Partouche is ordered to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission, La Française des Jeux and Groupe Lucien Barrière.