Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 3 April 2003.BaByliss SA v Commission of the European Communities.Competition - Concentrations - Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 - Action brought by a third party - Admissibility - Commitments in the course of the first phase of examination - Trade mark licence - Modification of commitments - Time-limits - Financial aid by the State - Nominal purchase price - Serious doubts as to the compatibility of the concentration with the common market - Absence of commitment on markets with serious competition problems.Case T-114/02.

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Third Chamber)3 April 2003 (1)

((Competition – Concentrations – Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 – Action brought by a third party – Admissibility – Commitments in the course of the first phase of examination – Trade mark licence – Modification of commitments – Time-limits – Financial aid by the State – Nominal purchase price – Serious doubts as to the compatibility of the concentration with the common market – Absence of commitment on markets with serious competition problems))

applicant,

intervener,

v

defendant,

intervener,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Third Chamber),

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 9 October 2002,

gives the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Third Chamber)

Lenaerts

Azizi

Jaeger

H. Jung

K. Lenaerts

Registrar

President