Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-545/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, September 06, 2019

• Resolution Date: September 06, 2019
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-545/19

Action brought on 5 August 2019 - Global Steel Wire and Others v Commission

(Case T-545/19)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Global Steel Wire, SA (Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain), Moreda-Riviere Trefilerías, SA (Gijón, Spain), Global Special Steel Products, SA (Corrales de Buelna, Spain) (represented by: F. González Díaz, J. Blanco Carol and B. Martos Stevenson, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:

declare the present action admissible;

annul the European Commission’s decision of 24 May 2019; and

order the European Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The present action, which dates back to a request for inability to pay submitted in February 2000 in the context of proceedings in Case COMP/38.344 - Prestressing steel, is brought against the European Commission’s decision rejecting the request of 20 December 2018 to defer payment in the light of the applicants’ financial situation.

In support of their action, the applicants rely on five pleas in law.

First plea in law, alleging infringement of the rights of the defence, in that the contested decision was adopted without the applicants being...