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Document 62009TO0352

Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 29 October 2009.
Novácke chemické závody, a.s. v Commission of the European Communities.
Interim measures - Competition - Commission decision imposing a fine - Bank guarantee - Application for suspension of enforcement of a measure - Lack of urgency.
Case T-352/09 R.

Izvješća Suda EU-a 2009 II-00208*

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2009:422





Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 29 October 2009 – Novácke chemické závody v Commission

(Case T-352/09 R)

Interim measures – Competition – Commission decision imposing a fine – Bank guarantee – Application for suspension of enforcement of a measure – Lack of urgency

1.                     Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief (Arts 225(1) EC, 242 EC and 243 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 12-15)

2.                     Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Situation which could jeopardise the existence of the applicant company – Damage having already arisen at the time of the adoption of the decision by the court hearing the application for interim measures – Lack of urgency (Arts 242 EC and 243 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 38-44)

3.                     Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Applicant company losing an opportunity for redress – Purely hypothetical damage depending on the occurrence of future and uncertain events – Lack of urgency (Arts 242 EC and 243 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 49-51)

4.                     Application for interim measures – Interim measures – Exemption from the obligation to constitute a bank guarantee as a condition for fine not being recovered immediately – Conditions for granting – Exceptional circumstances – Assessment having regard to the situation of the group to which the applicant company belongs – Burden of proof (Art. 243 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 52-59)

Re:

APPLICATION for suspension of enforcement of the Commission decision of 22 July 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/39.396 – Calcium carbide and magnesium-based reagents for the steel and gas industries), in so far as it concerns the applicant.

Operative part

1.

The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2.

Costs are reserved.

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