Order of the President of the General Court of 7 December 2010 - ArcelorMittal Wire France and Others v Commission

(Case T-385/10 R)

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

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: ArcelorMittal Wire France (Bourg-en-Bresse, France); ArcelorMittal Fontaine (Fontaine-l'Évêque, Belgium); and ArcelorMittal Verderio Srl (Verderio Inferiore, Italy) (represented by: H. Calvet, O. Billard and M. Pittie, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Giolito, L. Parpala and V. Bottka, Agents)

Re:

Application for suspension of operation of Article 2 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/38.344 - Prestressing steel), as amended by Commission Decision C (2010) 6676 final of 30 September 2010.

Operative part of the order

1.    The application for interim measures is dismissed;

2.    Costs are reserved.

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