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Document 62021TJ0538
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 8 February 2023.
Penya Barça Lyon : Plus que des supporters (PBL) and WA v European Commission.
State aid – Aid to a football club – Refusal to register a complaint lodged by one of the members of a football club – Status of interested party.
Case T-538/21.
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 8 February 2023.
Penya Barça Lyon : Plus que des supporters (PBL) and WA v European Commission.
State aid – Aid to a football club – Refusal to register a complaint lodged by one of the members of a football club – Status of interested party.
Case T-538/21.
Court reports – general
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2023:53
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 8 February 2023 –
PBL and WA v Commission
(Case T‑538/21) ( 1 )
(State aid – Aid to a football club – Refusal to register a complaint lodged by one of the members of a football club – Status of interested party)
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Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Request that directions be issued to an institution – Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paragraph 11) |
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Aid granted by a Member State – Examination by the Commission – Administrative procedure – Person concerned for the purposes of Article 108(2) TFEU – Aid to a football club – Natural person who is both a member of the football club and of an association of supporters of that club – Need for that person to demonstrate the specific impact of the aid on his or her situation (Art. 108(2) TFEU; Council Regulation No 2015/1589, Art. 1(h)) (see paragraphs 22-35, 39-49) |
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Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought by the applicant (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paragraph 36) |
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Penya Barça Lyon: Plus que des supporters (PBL) and WA to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures. |
( 1 ) OJ C 431, 25.10.2021.