Notice for the OJ
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
of 30 September 2003
in Joined Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02, Cableuropa SA and others
v Commission of the European Communities
1(Competition ( Control of concentrations between undertakings ( Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 ( Decision to refer a concentration to the national authorities ( Meaning of distinct market)
Language of the case: Spanish
In Joined Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02, Cableuropa SA, established in Madrid (Spain), Región de Murcia de Cable SA, established in Murcia (Spain), Valencia de Cable SA, established in Madrid, Mediterránea Sur Sistemas de Cable SA, established in Alicante (Spain), Mediterránea Norte Sistemas de Cable SA, established in Castellón (Spain), represented by L. Castresana Sánchez and G. Samaniego Bordiu, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, Aunacable SA, established in Madrid, represented by A. Creus Carreras and N. Lacalle Mangas, lawyers, Sociedad Operadora de Telecomunicaciones de Castilla y León (Retecal) SA, established in Boecilli (Spain), Euskaltel SA, established in Zamudio-Bizkaia (Spain), Telecable de Avilés SA, established in Avilés (Spain), Telecable de Ovieda SA, established in Oviedo (Spain), Telecable de Gijón SA, established in Gijón (Spain), R. Cable y Telecomunicaciones Galicia SA, established in La Coruña (Spain), Tenaria SA, established in Cordovilla (Spain), represented by J. Jiménez Laiglesia, lawyer, v Commission of the European Communites (agent: F. Castillo de la Torre), supported by Kingdom of Spain (agent: L. Fraguas Gardea), Sogecable SA, established in Madrid, represented by S. Martinez Lage and H. Brokelmann, lawyers, DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (Vía Digital), established in Madrid, and Telefónica de Contenidos SAU, established in Madrid, represented by M. Merola and S. Moreno Sánchez, lawyers, application for annulment of the Commission decision of 14 August 2002 referring the examination of the concentration integrating DTS Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (Via Digital) and Sogecable SA to the Spanish competition authorities in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (Case COMP/M.2845 ( Sogecable/Canalsatélite Digital/Vía Digital), the Court of Justice (Third Chamber), composed of A. Lenaerts, President, and J. Azizi and M. Jaeger, judges: Registrar: J. Palacio González, Principal Administrator, has delivered a judgment on 30 September 2003 in which it:
(1)Joins Cases T-346/02 and T-347/02 for the purposes of the judgment;
(2)Dismisses the applications;
(3)Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and jointly and severally to pay the costs of the Commission, Sogecable, Vía Digital and Telefónica de Contenidos in connection with the applicants' actions;
(4)Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 19 of 24.1.03