Language of document : ECLI:EU:T:2014:1005





Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 25 November 2014 —
Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías v Commission


(Joined Cases T‑426/10 and T‑575/10 and Case T‑440/12)

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

Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Interest in bringing proceedings — Need for an actual and current interest — Assessment at the time the action brought — Action capable of securing a benefit for the applicant — Commission decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Action brought against a Commission decision amending the initial decision — Decision irrelevant to the amount of the fines imposed on the applicant — No legal interest in bringing proceedings — Manifest inadmissibility (Arts 101 TFEU and 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 17-22)

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

1.

In Case T‑426/10, 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 dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2.

In Case T‑575/10, the action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

3.

The remainder of the pleas in law and forms of order sought is reserved.

4.

Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, SA is ordered to pay the costs relating to the pleas in law and heads of claim 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‑426/10 and to pay the costs in Case T‑575/10.