Order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 28 March 2007 - IBP and International Building Products France v Commission (Case T-384/06 R) Applications for interim measures - Application for suspension of operation of a measure - Competition - Payment of a fine - Bank guarantee - Lack of urgency 1. Applications for interim measures - Conditions of admissibility - Direct connection between the action in the main proceedings and the appreciation for interim measures - Summary statement of pleas (Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Arts 44(1) and 104(2)) (see para. 33-37) 2. Applications for interim measures - Suspension of operation of a measure - Suspension of the obligation to provide a bank guarantee as a condition for not proceeding with immediate recovery of a fine - Conditions for granting - Exceptional circumstances (Art. 242 EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 53-58, 61, 64, 66-68, 76-77) 3. Applications for interim measures - Suspension of operation of a measure - Suspension of the obligation to provide a bank guarantee as a condition for not proceeding with immediate recovery of a fine - Whether the undertaking's group situation to be taken into account (Art. 242 EC) (see paras 83-84, 86-87, 89, 91, 93, 95) Re: APPLICATION for suspension of the operation of Article 2(c) and (d) of the Commission Decision of 20 September 2006 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/F-1/38.121 - Fittings) and, in particular, for dispensation from the obligation to provide a bank guarantee imposed by the Commission's letter of 4 October 2006 notifying the applicants of the decision. Operative part The application for interim measures is dismissed. Costs are reserved.