Case T-609/19: Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 — Canon v Commission (Competition — Concentrations — Medical equipment manufacturing sector — Decision imposing fines for implementing a ...

18.7.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 276/9 GENERAL COURT Judgment of the General Court of 18 May 2022 — Canon v Commission (Case T-609/19) (1) (Competition — Concentrations — Medical equipment manufacturing sector — Decision imposing fines for implementing a concentration prior to notification and authorisation — Article 4(1), Article 7(1) and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 — Interim transaction and ultimate transaction — Parking structure — Single concentration — Rights of the defence — Legitimate expectations — Principle of legality — Proportionality — Amount of fines — Mitigating circumstances) (2022/C 276/13) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Canon Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: U. Soltész, W. Bosch, C. von Köckritz, K. Winkelmann, M. Reynolds, J. Schindler, D. Arts and W. Devroe, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Conte and C. Urraca Caviedes, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A.-L. Meyer and O. Segnana, acting as Agents) Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU for, primarily, annulment of Commission Decision C(2019) 4559 final of 27 June 2019 imposing fines for failing to notify a concentration in breach of Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and for implementing a concentration in breach of Article 7(1) of that regulation (Case M.8179 — Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation), and, in the...