Joined Cases T-428/10 and T-577/10 and Case T-441/12: Order of the General Court of 25 November 2014 — Trenzas y Cables de Acero v Commission (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)
Date: 2014-11-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: exchange of information, fine, fixing of prices, infringement of EU law, market-sharing agreement, restriction on competition, steel








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2.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/32






Order of the General Court of 25 November 2014 — Trenzas y Cables de Acero v Commission
(Joined Cases T-428/10 and T-577/10 and Case T-441/12) (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 073/42)
Language of the case: Spanish

Parties


Applicant: Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, SL (Santander, Spain) (represented by: in Cases T-428/10 and T-577/10, F. González Díaz and A. Tresandi Blanco, and, in Case T-441/12, 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-441/12, 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-428/10, 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-577/10, the action is rejected as manifestly inadmissible.










3.


The remainder of the pleas in law and forms of order sought is reserved.










4.


Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, SL 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-428/10 and the costs in Case T-577/10.






(1)  OJ C 317, 20.11.2010.