Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2025/4598

(Case T-188/24)

(Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Administrative procedure - Decision ordering an inspection - Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 - Subject matter and purpose of the inspection - Obligation to state reasons - Sufficiently serious indicia - Protection of privacy - Judicial review)

(C/2025/4598)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) (represented by: E. Sarrazin, J. Brousseau and J.-P. Gunther, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Baumé, N. Cambien and M. Domecq, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 243 final of 10 January 2024, ordering it and all the companies directly or indirectly controlled by it to submit to an inspection in accordance with Article 20(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case AT.40863 – Hoops).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls Commission Decision C(2024) 243 final of 10 January 2024, ordering Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin and all the companies directly or indirectly controlled by it to submit to an inspection in accordance with Article 20(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case AT.40863 – Hoops) in so far as it concerns the period referred to in the second sentence of recital 4;

2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.Orders Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin and the European Commission to bear their own costs.

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(1) OJ C, C/2024/4334, 15.7.2024.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4598/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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