Order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 18 September 2006. – Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten and best connect Ampere Strompool GmbH v Commission of the European Communities.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision 2004/271/EC of 11 June 2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2947 – Verbund/EnergieAllianz) (OJ 2004 L 92, p. 91).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and jointly and severally the costs incurred by the Commission and by the interveners Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG, EVN AG, Wien Energie GmbH, Energie AG Oberösterreich, Burgenländische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG and Linz AG für Energie, Telekommunikation, Verkehr und Kommunale Dienste;

3. Orders the intervener Ampere AG to bear its own costs.