Judgment of the General Court of 15 July 2015 — Emesa-Trefilería and Industrias Galycas v Commission
(Case T-406/10) 1
(Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Price fixing, market sharing and exchanging of sensitive commercial information — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Cooperation during the administrative procedure — Article 139(a) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Emesa-Trefilería SA (Arteixo, Spain); and Industrias Galycas SA (Vitoria, Spain) (represented by: A. Creus Carreras and A. Valiente Martin, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by V. Bottka and F. Castilla Contreras, and subsequently by V. Bottka and A. Biolan, Agents, and by M. Gray, Barrister)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: F. Florindo Gijón and R. Liudvinaviciute-Cordeiro, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment and alteration of Commission Decision C(2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (case COMP/38344 — Prestressing Steel), amended by Commission Decision C(2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010, and by Commission Decision C(2011) 2269 final of 4 April 2011.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Emesa-Trefilería, SA and Industrias Galycas, SA to bear their own costs and to pay those of the European Commission and the Council of the European Union;
Orders the Commission to pay the General Court the sum of EUR 1 500 under Article 139(a) of its Rules of Procedure, in order to refund part of the costs which the Court had to incur.
____________1 OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.