Order of the President of the General Court of 7 May 2010 - Almamet v
   Commission

   (Case T-410/09 R)

   Interim measures - Competition - Commission decision imposing a fine -
   Bank guarantee - Application for suspension of operation of a measure -
   Financial loss - No exceptional circumstances - No urgency

   1.                     Application for interim measures - Suspension of
   operation of a measure - Conditions for granting - Serious and
   irreparable damage - Burden of proof - Financial loss - Situation which
   could jeopardise the existence of the applicant company (Art. 278 TFEU;
   Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 30-32)

   2.                     Application for interim measures - Suspension of
   operation of a measure - Suspension of the obligation to provide a bank
   guarantee as a condition for not proceeding to immediate recovery of a
   fine - Conditions for granting - Exceptional circumstances (Art. 278
   TFEU) (see paras 34-36)

   3.                     Application for interim measures - Suspension of
   operation of a measure - Suspension of the obligation to provide a bank
   guarantee as a condition for not proceeding to immediate recovery of a
   fine - Conditions for granting - Serious and irreparable damage -
   Situation of the group to which the undertaking belongs to be taken
   into account (Art. 278 TFEU) (see paras 47-48)

   4.                     Application for interim measures - Conditions
   for admissibility - Application - Formal requirements - Statement of
   the pleas in law establishing a prima facie case for granting the
   measures sought - Lodging of an additional pleading to remedy
   deficiencies - Incompatibility with the procedure for interim relief
   (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court,
   Arts 104(2) and 109) (see para. 55)

   Re:

   APPLICATION for suspension of the operation 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/F-1/39.396 - Calcium carbide
   and magnesium based reagents for the steel and gas industries).

   Operative part

   1.

   The application for interim measures is dismissed.

   2.

   Costs are reserved.