Order of the President of the General Court of 19 November 2013 —
1. Garantovaná v Commission

(Case T‑42/13)

Action for annulment — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for calcium carbide and magnesium for the steel and gas industries in the EEA, with the exception of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom — Fines — Late-payment interest — Act not amenable to review — Inadmissibility

Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Commission letter requiring the addressee to pay a fine, plus late-payment interest, imposed for breach of the competition rules — Act preparatory to purely implementing acts — Inadmissibility (Arts 256 EC, 263, fourth para., TFEU, 267 TFEU and 299, fourth para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 51; Commission Regulation No 2342/2002, Art. 86(2)(b)) (see paras 19, 20, 24‑28, 35, 39)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the Commission’s letter of 21 December 2012 (Case COMP/39.396 − Calcium carbide and magnesium based reagents for the steel and gas industries), whereby the Commission asked the applicant to pay the outstanding amount of the fine imposed by Commission decision C(2009) 5791 final of 22 July 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement, together with late-payment interest, or to provide the Commission with a bank guarantee covering that amount.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. 1. garantovaná a.s. is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.