Judgment of the General Court of 22 June 2022 – thyssenkrupp v Commission

(Case T-584/19) ¹

(Competition – Concentrations – Market for the production and distribution of flat carbon steel – Decision declaring the concentration incompatible with the internal market and the EEA Agreement – Relevant market – Assessment of the effects of the transaction on competition – Commitments – Obligation to state reasons)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: thyssenkrupp AG (Duisburg and Essen, Germany) (represented by: M. Klusmann, J. Ziebarth and M. Dästner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Conte, T. Franchoo, I. Zaloguin and C. Sjödin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 4228 final of 11 June 2019 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the internal market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case M.8713 – Tata Steel/thyssenkrupp/JV).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders thyssenkrupp AG to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 357, 21.10.2019.