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An apparatus for treating plastic containers includes a transport device which transports the plastic containers along a predetermined transport path, a blow module which has a blow molding machine for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, and a filler module which has a filling device for filling plastic containers with an, in particular, liquid product. The blow module and the filler module are arranged directly adjacent to one another, wherein the blow module has a transport starwheel on the outlet side, which transport starwheel is designed as a pitch varying starwheel and the plastic containers can be transferred directly from the pitch varying starwheel of the blow module to the filler module.