Ernst & Young P/S v Konkurrencerådet

Subject Matter

COMPETITION — Restriction or distortion of competition — Control of concentrations — Merger agreement between two groups of companies requiring one group to withdraw from international network — Competition authority notified of merger after withdrawal announcement — Whether withdrawal breaching prohibition on implementing concentration prior to its notification to competition authority — Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004, arts 3, 7(1)

(Case C-633/16); EU:C:2018:371; [2018] Bus LR 1718; [2018] 5 CMLR 3; [2018] WLR(D) 325, ECJ

Legislation Considered

EU Enactments

Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Council), arts 3, 7(1)

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Ernst & Young P/S v Konkurrencerådet (Case C-633/16); EU:C:2018:371; [2018] Bus LR 1718; [2018] 5 CMLR 3; [2018] WLR(D) 325, ECJ

Allianz Hungária Biztositó Zrt v Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (Case C-32/11); EU:C:2013:160; [2013] RTR 263; [2013] CN 395, ECJ

Austria Asphalt GmbH & Co OG v Bundeskartellanwalt (Case C-248/16); EU:C:2017:643; [2018] Bus LR 462; [2017] 5 CMLR 21; [2017] BCC 745; [2017] WLR (D) 586, ECJ

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Ente tabacchi italiani—ETI SpA (Case C-280/06) EU:C:2007:775; [2007] ECR I-10893, ECJ

Cases citing

Cases citing: Ernst & Young P/S v Konkurrencerådet (Case C-633/16); EU:C:2018:371; [2018] Bus LR 1718; [2018] 5 CMLR 3; [2018] WLR(D) 325, ECJ

Altice Group Lux v Commission (Case C-746/21 P); EU:C:2023:836, ECJ

Facebook Inc v Competition and Markets Authority [2021] EWCA Civ 701; [2021] Bus LR 1178; [2022] 1 All ER (Comm) 33; [2021] WLR(D) 277, CA

I.G.I. Srl v Maria Grazia Cicenia and Others (Case C-394/18); EU:C:2020:56, ECJ

Mowi ASA v European Commission (Case C-10/18 P); EU:C:2020:149, ECJ

Royal Mail plc v Office of Communications [2019] CAT 27; [2020] 4 CMLR 6, CAT

Royal Mail plc v Office of Communications [2021] EWCA Civ 669; [2021] Bus LR 1045; [2021] WLR(D) 266, CA

Towercast (Case C-449/21); EU:C:2023:207, ECJ