Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (T-125/03, T-253/03)

Judgment of 17 Sept 2007

law://eu/cjeu/2003/t-125-03/para_46@2026-11-12

46Where an undertaking relies on LPP for the purpose of opposing the seizure of a document in the course of an investigation pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation No 17, the decision whereby the Commission rejects that request produces legal effects for that undertaking, by bringing about a distinct change in its legal position. That decision in effect withholds from the undertaking the protection provided by Community law and is definitive in nature and independent of any final decision making a finding of an infringement of the competition rules (see, to that effect, AM & S, paragraphs 27 and 29 to 32; see also, by analogy, Case 53/85 AKZO Chemie v Commission [1986] ECR 1965, paragraphs 18 to 20).

Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v Commission of the European Communities (T-125/03, T-253/03)

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