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EU competition law: Michelin dawn raid decision partially annulled; first informal guidance letters on SEP automotive licensing and electric port equipment; merger notifications and General Court hearings, 9 July 2025

Published on: 09 July 2025

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Antitrust General Court partially upholds action concerning the Commission’s decision authorising dawn raid at Michelin’s premises

The General Court delivered its judgment in Case T-184/24 Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin v Commission, an action contesting the Commission’s decision to conduct dawn raids as part of its investigation into replacement tyres (AT.40863). The General Court partially upheld the action.

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Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin (Michelin) operates, inter alia, in the manufacture and sale of tyres for cars and trucks in the EEA and worldwide. On 10 January 2024, the Commission ordered Michelin and its subsidiaries to submit to an inspection under Article 20(4) of Council Regulation 1/2003 (the Commission’s 2024 decision). The Commission’s 2024 decision indicated that the inspection concerned Michelin’s possible participation in agreements or practices contrary to Article 101 TFEU, involving co-ordination among the main tyre manufacturers of prices (including wholesale prices) for new replacement tyres for cars and trucks in the EEA, including through the use of public communications, to inform one another of their respective future intentions and pricing strategies with a view to influencing their respective pricing policies...

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