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The Indonesian subsidiary of French supermarket chain Carrefour on Wednesday won its appeal in the South Jakarta District Court against an order by the country’s business-competition regulator to sell its stake in a local retailer.

Chief Judge Kusno said the panel of judges had accepted Carrefour Indonesia’s evidence that it did not have a local monopoly: a survey by AC Nielsen Media Research that determined that the company only had a 17 percent share of the market following its acquisition of PT Alfa Retailindo in 2008.

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) had claimed that the acquisition had increased Carrefour’s share of the domestic supermarket business from 45 percent to 68 percent, which it said gave the company monopoly-like control of the sector.

However, Kusno said the KPPU’s calculation of Carrefour’s market share was not accurate because it did not include smaller supermarkets and convenience stores that sell the same goods as supermarkets.

The KPPU has 14 days to decide whether it will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.

In November, the KPPU ruled that Carrefour Indonesia was guilty of breaching the country’s anti-monopoly laws.

The KPPU claimed the company had come to dominate the wholesale supplier market and force unfair trading terms on its suppliers following its acquisition of a 75 percent stake in Alfa Retailindo for Rp 675 billion ($72.9 million).

The KPPU fined the company Rp 25 billion and ordered it to sell its stake in Alfa Retailindo within a year. But Wednesday’s decision by the court annulled the KPPU’s order, allowing Carrefour to retain Alfa Retailindo and absolving it from paying the fine.

KPPU communications director Ahmad Junaidi said the commission would study the decision before deciding.

Ignatius Andy, Carrefour’s legal counsel, applauded the judges’ decision.

“Carrefour’s competitors are many. The KPPU should have included the smaller supermarkets, not just the large supermarkets, when measuring market share,” he said. “We are ready if they want to file an appeal to the Supreme Court.”