Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2017:818
Date: 2017-10-26
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 26 October 2017 — Global Steel Wire and Others v Commission (Joined Cases C‑454/16 P to C‑456/16 P and C‑458/16 P) (1) (Appeal — Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — European prestressing steel market — Infringement of Article 101 TFEU — Fines — 2006 Guidelines on the method of setting fines — Paragraph 35 — Ability to pay — New request for a reduction in the amount of the fine on the ground of inability to pay — Letter of rejection — Action brought against that letter — Admissibility) Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Decision of the Director General for Competition of the Commission ruling on an application for reassessment of the ability to pay of undertakings fined for breach of the competition rules — Application brought after the Commission’s decision — No new and substantial facts — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, para. 4, TFEU; Commission Communication 2006/C 210/02, point 35) (see paras 30, 31, 34, 53) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeals; 2. Orders Global Steel Wire SA, Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías SA, Trefilerías Quijano SA and Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC SL to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 392, 24.10.2016.