Order of the President of the General Court of 7 May 2010 - Almamet v Commission

(Case T-410/09 R)

(Interim measures - Competition - Commission decision imposing a fine - Bank guarantee - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - Financial loss - No exceptional circumstances - No urgency)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Almamet GmbH Handel mit Spänen und Pulvern aus Metall (Ainring, Germany) (represented by: S. Hautbourg and C. Renner, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: N. Khan, V. Bottka and N. von Lingen, agents)

Re:

APPLICATION for suspension of the operation of the Commission Decision of 22 July 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 [EC] and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F-1/39.396 - Calcium carbide and magnesium based reagents for the steel and gas industries)

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.    Costs are reserved.

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