Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 21 March 2019.Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd and Others v European Commission.Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for car battery recycling — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and imposing fines — Correcting decision adding the value of purchases of the addressees which were not included in the initial decision — Time limit for bringing an action — Point from which time starts to run — Delay — Inadmissibility.Case C-312/18 P.

Judgment of the Court of Justice (Eighth Chamber) of 21 March 2019 — Eco-Bat Technologies and Others v Commission

(Case C‑312/18 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Market for car battery recycling — Decision finding an infringement of Article 101 TFEU and imposing fines — Correcting decision adding the value of purchases of the addressees which were not included in the initial decision — Time limit for bringing an action — Point from which time starts to run — Delay — Inadmissibility)

1. Action for annulment — Time limits — Mandatory — Point from which time starts to run — Notification — Purely formal errors irrelevant

(Arts 263, sixth para., and 297(2), third para., TFEU)

(see paras 25-28)

2. Appeal — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted

(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see para. 31)

3. Appeal — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Inadmissibility

(Art. 256 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(2))

(see para. 35)

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the appeal;

2. Orders Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd, Berzelius Metall GmbH and Société de traitements chimiques des métaux (STCM) to pay the costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 231, 2.7.2018.