# C_2015073EN.01003301.xml

| 2.3.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 73/33 |
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2.3.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 73/33

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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)

(2015/C 073/43)

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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.

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(1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.

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