Order of the President of the General Court of 9 February 2024 – Bytedance v Commission

(Case T-1077/23 R)

(Interim relief – Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 – Designation of gatekeepers – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bytedance Ltd (George Town, Cayman Islands) (represented by: E. Batchelor, N. Baeten and M. Frese, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission, (represented by: O. Gariazzo, M. Mataija, I. Rogalski and C. Sjödin, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant seeks suspension of operation of Commission Decision C(2023) 6102 final of 5 September 2023 designating Bytedance as a gatekeeper pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act) (OJ 2022 L 265, p.1).

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    The costs are reserved.

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