Order of the General Court of 25 November 2014 — Global Steel Wire v Commission
(Joined Cases T-429/10 and T-578/10 and Case T-438/12) 1
(Actions for annulment — Competition — Cartels — European prestressing steel market — Price fixing, market sharing and exchange of sensitive commercial information — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Decision amending the initial decision without affecting the fines imposed on the applicant — No legal interest in bringing proceedings — Partial manifest inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Global Steel Wire, SA (Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain) (represented by: in Cases T-429/10 and T-578/10, F. González Díaz and A. Tresandi Blanco, and, in Case T-438/12, initially F. González Díaz and P. Herrero Prieto, then F. González Díaz and A. Tresandi Blanco, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and V. Bottka, and, in Case T-438/12, C. Urraca Caviedes, Agents, and by L. Ortiz Blanco, lawyer)
Re:
Applications 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, and by the letter COMP/G2/DVE/nvz/79465 from the Commission’s Director-General for Competition of 25 July 2012.
Operative part of the order
1. In Case T-429/10, the form of order seeking annulment in part of Commission Decision C (2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010 amending Commission Decision C (2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement (Case COMP/38344 — Prestressing steel) is rejected as manifestly inadmissible.
2. In Case T-578/10, the action is rejected as manifestly inadmissible.
3. The remainder of the pleas in law and forms of order sought is reserved.
4. Global Steel Wire, SA is ordered to pay the costs relating to the pleas in law and forms of order directed against Commission Decision C (2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010 amending Commission Decision C (2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement (Case COMP/38344 — Prestressing steel) made in Case T-429/10 and the costs in Case T-578/10.
________________________1 OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.