The Autorité de la concurrence takes note of the Illumina / Grail judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union

The Autorité de la concurrence takes note of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued today in the framework of joint cases C-611/22 P and C-625/22 P Illumina / Grail v Commission.

With this judgment, the Court of Justice annuls the General Court ruling dated 13 July 2022 along with the decision by the European Commission of 19 April 2021 which had agreed – following a referral request by the Autorité de la concurrence – to review the acquisition of Grail by Illumina pursuant to Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation. Several Member States of the European Union and the European Economic Area (Belgium, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands and Norway) had joined France’s referral request.