Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 8 June 2016 —

Kohrener Landmolkerei and DHG v Commission

(Case T‑178/15)

‛System of traditional specialities guaranteed — Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 — Letter from the Commission informing the competent national authorities of their late lodging of their opposition measure — Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law’

Judicial proceedings — Decision taken by way of reasoned order — Conditions — Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly lacking any foundation in law (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 126) (see paras 20, 21, 24, 32)

Re:

APPLICATION based on Article 263 TFEU and asking for annulment of the decision contained in the letter of 9 February 2015 from the Director of Directorate B ‘Multilateral relations and quality policy’ of the Commission’s ‘Agriculture and rural development’ Directorate General, with the reference Ares (2015)529719, informing the competent German authorities that their opposition measure under Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ 2012 L 343, p. 1), which was lodged on 5 January 2015, was submitted after the deadline.

Operative part