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Document 62018TO0304

Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 23 January 2019.
Mouvement pour la liberté de la protection sociale (MLPS) v European Commission.
Action for annulment and for failure to act — Decision to take no further action on a complaint — Refusal by the Commission to institute proceedings under Article 7 TEU — Act not open to challenge — No direct concern — Inadmissibility.
Case T-304/18.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 23 January 2019 –
MLPS v Commission

(Case T‑304/18)

(Action for annulment and for failure to act — Decision to take no further action on a complaint — Refusal by the Commission to institute proceedings under Article 7 TEU — Act not open to challenge — No direct concern — Inadmissibility)

1. 

Action for annulment — Actionable measures — Meaning — Measures producing binding legal effects — Assessment by reference to objective criteria — An act of an institution which amounts to a rejection — Appraisal in the light of the nature of the request giving rise to the act

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see para. 10)

2. 

Action for annulment — Actionable measures — Meaning — Refusal by the Commission to bring proceedings under Article 7 TEU — Precluded

(Art. 7 TEU; Art. 263 TFEU)

(see paras 15-17)

3. 

Action for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Refusal by the Commission to bring proceedings under Article 7 TEU — Action brought by a natural or legal person — Precluded

(Art. 7 TEU; Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU)

(see paras 18-20)

4. 

Actions for failure to act — Natural or legal persons — Actionable omissions — Refusal by the Commission to bring proceedings under Article 7 TEU — Inadmissibility

(Art. 7 TEU; Arts 263, fourth para. and 265, third para. TFEU)

(see paras 23, 24)

Re:

First, application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Commission of 7 March 2018 refusing to take any further action on a complaint requesting that proceedings be brought on the basis of Article 7 TEU against the French Republic and, secondly, action based on Article 265 TFEU seeking a declaration that the Commission unlawfully refrained from dealing with that complaint.

Operative part

1. 

The action is dismissed.

2. 

The Mouvement pour la liberté de la protection sociale is ordered to pay the costs.

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