Дело T-***/**: *****************, Съдебно решение от **.**.2022 г.

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... ilisers – Decision establishing an infringement of Article 81 EC – Decision amending the initial decision annulled – Decision rejecting a request for repayment of the fine – Action for annulment – Actionable measure – Interest in bringing proceedings – Admissibility – Article 266(1) TFEU)

In Case T‑195/19,

GEA Group AG, established in Düsseldorf (Germany), represented by I. du Mont, R. van der Hout and C. Wagner, lawyers,

applicant,

v

European Commission, represented by P. Rossi, V. Bottka and T. Baumé, acting as Agents,

defendant,

APPLICATION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of Commission Decision Ares(2019) 283284 final of 24 January 2019 dismissing the request of the applicant seeking repayment of the fine paid under Commission Decision C(2009) 8682 final of 11 November 2009 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.589 – Heat stabilisers),

THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber),

composed of M.J. Costeira, President, M. Kancheva and T. Perišin (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

gives the following

Judgment

Background to the dispute

1. The applicant, GEA Group AG, was created by the merger, in 2005, of Metallgesellschaft AG (‘MG’) and another company. MG was the ultimate parent company which held, before 2000, directly or through subsidiaries, the companies Chemson Gesellschaft für Polymer-Additive mbH (‘OCG’) and Polymer Additive Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH (‘OCA’).

2. On 17 May 2000, MG sold OCG, which had been renamed Aachener Chemische Werke Gesellschaft für glastechnische Produkte und Verfahren mbH (‘ACW’).

3. Following its ...