Order — ECLI:EU:T:2018:173
Date: 2018-03-21
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany;France;United Kingdom

Order of the General Court of 21 March 2018 — Eco-Bat Technologies and Others v Commission (Case T-361/17) 1 (Action for annulment — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for car battery recycling — Decision correcting a decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and imposing fines — Period within which an action must be brought — Point from which time starts to run — Delay — Inadmissibility) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd (Matlock, United Kingdom), Berzelius Metall GmbH (Braubach, Germany), Société de traitements chimiques des métaux (STCM) (Bazoches-les-Gallerandes, France) (represented by: M. Brealey QC, I. Vandenborre and S. Dionnet, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. van Schaik, G. Conte, I. Rogalski and J. Szczodrowski, acting as Agents) Re: Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking, first, annulment of Commission Decision C(2017) 900 final of 8 February 2017 relating to a proceeding under Article 101 TFEU (Case AT.40018 — Car battery recycling), as corrected by Commission Decision C(2017) 2223 final of 6 April 2017, and, second, a reduction of the amount of the fine imposed on the applicants. Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd, Berzelius Metall GmbH and Société de traitements chimiques des métaux (STCM) shall pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 318, 25.9.2017.