Order of the Court of First Instance of 31 January 2006 - Schneider Electric v Commission
(Competition - Concentrations - Resumption of the control procedure following annulment by the Court of First Instance of a decision prohibiting a concentration - Initiation of the detailed examination phase - Abandonment of the concentration - Closure of the control procedure - Action for annulment - Acts adversely affecting the applicant - Interest in bringing an action - Inadmissible)
Language of the case: French
Parties:
Applicant: Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison) (represented by: initially A. Winckler, M. Pittie and É de La Serre, then M. Pittie and A. Winckler, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: initially p. Oliver and F. Lelièvre, then P. Oliver and O. Beynet, Agents)
Application for
annulment, first, of the Commission's decision of 4 December 2002 to open the detailed examination phase of the concentration between Schneider and Legrand (Case COMP/M.2283 - Schneider/Legrand II) and, second, of the Commission's decision of 13 December 2002 to close the procedure for the control of that transaction
Operative part of the Order
1. The applicant is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. The applicant is ordered to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission.
____________1 - OJ C 101, 26.4.2003.