Acquisition of sole control: The GCEU confirms the entirety of the decision of the Commission of 23 June 2008 declaring the acquisition of sole control of a food distribution group by another compatible with the internal market (REWE/Adeg)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. By judgment of 7 June 2013, the Court of First Instance of the European Union dismissed in its entirety the action brought by the second operator on the Austrian retail distribution market - Spar - for annulment of the Commission's decision of 23 June 2008 declaring the concentration by which the market leader - REWE - acquired sole control of a second-tier distributor - Adeg - compatible with the common market, subject to compliance with commitments. The European Commission was concerned that the strength of the merged entity in certain regions of Austria could lead to higher prices for everyday consumer goods throughout the country. During the Commission's