Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2022:65
Date: 2022-02-09
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Action brought on 3 April 2019 – GEA Group v Commission (Case T-195/19) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: I. du Mont, R. van der Hout and C. Wagner, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission Form of order sought The applicant claims that the Court should: annul Commission decision BUDG/DGAl/C/4/PL/Ares(2019) s. 283284 of 24 January 2019 ; and order the defendant to pay the costs. Pleas in law and main arguments In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law. First plea in law, alleging that the contested decision violates Article 266 TFEU as it would have declined to repay the fines paid by the applicant in order to comply with Commission decision C(2016) 3920 of 29 June 2016. Second plea in law, alleging that the contested decision violates Article 266 TFEU as it would have reapplied de facto decision C(2010) 727 (final) of 8 February 2010 or Commission decision C(2016) 3920 of 29 June 2016 which both would have been annulled by the General Court by the judgment of 15 July 2015, GEA Group v Commission, T-189/10, EU:T:2015:504 and by the judgment of 18 October 2018, GEA Group v Commission, T-640/16, EU:T:2018:700 respectively. ____________