Facebook Ireland v Commission

Order of the President of the General Court of 29 October 2020 – Facebook Ireland v Commission(Case T-452/20 R)(Interim proceedings – Competition – Request for information – Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Application for interim measures – Urgency – Prima facie case – Weighing of competing interests)Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Facebook Ireland Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: D. Jowell QC, D. Bailey, Barrister, J. Aitken, D. Das, S. Malhi, R. Haria, M. Quayle, Solicitors and T. Oeyen, lawyer)Defendant: European Commission (represented by:G. Conte, C. Urraca Caviedes and C. Sjödin, acting as Agents)Re:Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking the suspension of operation of Decision C(2020) 3013 final of the European Commission of 4 May 2020, relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case AT.40684 – Facebook Marketplace). Operative part of the order The operation of Article 1 of Decision C(2020) 3013 final of the European Commission of 4 May 2020 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 18(3) and Article 24(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 (Case AT.40684 – Facebook Marketplace) is suspended, in so far as the obligation set out therein relates to documents which are not linked to Facebook Ireland Ltd’s business activities and which contain sensitive personal data, and for as long as the procedure referred to in point 2 has not been put in place....