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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.

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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)

1. 

Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Request that directions be issued to an institution – Inadmissibility

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see paragraph 11)

2. 

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)

3. 

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:

1. 

Dismisses the action;

2. 

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.

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