21.3.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 106/7


Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 January 2016 — Éditions Odile Jacob SAS v European Commission, Lagardère SCA, Wendel

(Case C-514/14 P) (1)

((Appeal - Merger of undertakings in the book publishing market - Decision adopted following the annulment of a decision approving the purchaser of certain assets for lack of independence of an agent - Article 266 TFEU - Enforcement of the judgment ordering annulment - Subject matter of proceedings - Legal basis for the decision at issue - Retroactive effect of that decision - Independence of the purchaser of the assets sold vis-à-vis the seller))

(2016/C 106/09)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: Éditions Odile Jacob SAS (represented by: J.-F. Bellis, O. Fréget and L. Eskenazi, avocats)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito and B. Mongin, acting as Agents), Lagardère SCA (represented by: A. Winckler, F. de Bure, J.-B. Pinçon and L. Bary, avocats), Wendel (represented by: M. Trabucchi, F. Gordon, A. Gosset-Grainville, avocats, and C. Renner, Rechtsanwältin)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal.

2.

Orders Éditions Odile Jacob SAS to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission, Lagardère SCA and Wendel.


(1)  OJ C 26, 26.1.2015.