Order of the President of the General Court of 13 April 2011 - Socitrel
   v Commission

   (Case T-413/10 R)

   Application for interim measures - Competition - Commission decision
   imposing a fine - Bank guarantee - Application for suspension of
   operation - Pecuniary damage - No exceptional circumstances - No
   urgency

   1.                     Application for interim measures - Suspension of
   operation of a measure - Interim measures - Conditions for granting -
   Prima facie case - Urgency - Serious and irreparable damage -
   Cumulative nature - Balancing of all the interests involved -
   Discretion of the judge dealing with the application for interim relief
   (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court,
   Art. 104(2)) (see paras 10-11)

   2.                     Application for interim measures - Suspension of
   operation of a measure - Interim measures - Conditions for granting -
   Urgency - Serious and irreparable damage - Burden of proof - Financial
   loss - Situation which could jeopardise the existence of the applicant
   company (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General
   Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 14-16, 18)

   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 - Exceptional circumstances - Burden of
   proof (Art. 278 TFEU) (see paras 21-22, 25-27, 29)

   4.                     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 - Serious
   and irreparable damage - Taking into consideration the financial
   situation of the group to which the undertaking belongs (Art. 278 TFEU)
   (see paras 36-37)

   5.                     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 - Risk of
   jeopardising the existence of the applicant company - Burden of proof
   (Art. 278 TFEU) (see paras 44-46)

   6.                     Application for interim measures - Suspension of
   operation of a measure - Interim measures - Conditions for granting -
   Urgency - Account to be taken of a lack of diligence on the part of the
   applicant (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the
   General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see para. 53)

   Re:

   APPLICATION for suspension of the operation of Commission Decision
   C(2010) 4387 final of 30 June 2010 relating to a procedure pursuant to
   Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/38.344
   - Prestressed steel) and for waiver of the obligation to establish a
   bank guarantee in order to prevent the immediate recovery of the fine
   imposed under Article 2 of that decision.

   Operative part

   1.

   The application for interim measures is dismissed.

   2.

   The costs are reserved.