1.8.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 180/41


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 June 2009 — Qualcomm v Commission

(Case T-48/04) (1)

(Competition - Concentrations - Market for traffic telematics systems - Decision declaring a concentration compatible with the common market - Commitments - Manifest error of assessment - Misuse of powers - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based)

2009/C 180/74

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe BV (Waarle, Netherlands) (represented by: G. Berrisch, lawyer, and D. Hull, Solicitor)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented initially by: K. Mojzesowicz and A. Whelan, and subsequently by K. Mojzesowicz and X. Lewis, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented initially by: C.-D. Quassowski and S. Flockermann, acting as Agents, and subsequently by M. Lumma, acting as Agent, and by U. Karpenstein and A. Rosenfeld, lawyer); Deutsche Telekom AG (Bonn, Germany); Daimler AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler AG (Stuttgart, Germany); Daimler Financial Services AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler Services AG (Berlin, Germany) (represented by J. Schütze and A. von Graevenitz, lawyers)

Re:

Annulment of Commission Decision 2003/792/EC of 30 April 2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.2903 — DaimlerChrysler/Deutsche Telekom/JV) (OJ 2003 L 300, p. 62)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe BV to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission;

3.

Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to bear its own costs;

4.

Orders Deutsche Telekom AG, Daimler AG and Daimler Financial Services AG to bear their own costs.


(1)  OJ C 94, 17.4.2004.