Order of the General Court of 11 October 2012 - EDF v Commission

(Case T-389/12 R)

(Application for interim measures - Competition - Concentrations - Electricity market - Decision authorising a concentration operation subject to compliance with certain commitments - Refusal to grant the postponement of the deadline set for fulfilling those commitments - Application for interim measures - Lack of urgency)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Électricité de France (EDF) (Paris (France)) (represented by: A. Creus Carreras and A. Valiente Martin, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and S. Noë, Agents)

Re:

Application for interim measures in relation to Commission Decision C(2012) 4617 final of 28 June 2012 refusing to grant the applicant the postponement of the deadline fixed for fulfilling some of its commitments set out in Decision C(2009) 9059 of 12 November 2009, which authorises the concentration operation whereby Électricité de France was to acquire exclusive control of the assets of Segebel (Case COMP/M.5549 - EDF/Segebel).

Operative part of the order

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

Costs are reserved.

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