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Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 23 September 2011. – Vivendi v European Commission.

CELEX: 62010TO0567 · EN · EUR-Lex / CELLAR

Subject of the case
Operative part

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the Commission’s letter of 1 October 2010 informing the applicant of its refusal to examine the complaint lodged by the applicant on 2 March 2009 seeking the opening of proceedings for failure to fulfil obligations pursuant to Article 226 EC in respect of infringement by the French Republic of Directive 2002/77/EC of 16 December 2002 on competition in the markets for electronic communications networks and services (OJ 2002 L 249, p. 21) and, consequently, of Article 86(1) EC, by granting a regulatory advantage to France Télécom.

Operative part

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. There is no need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene by the French Republic and France Télécom.

3. Vivendi is ordered to bear its own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.