21.12.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 429/25


Order of the General Court of 27 October 2015 — Belgium v Commission

(Case T-721/14) (1)

((Action for annulment - Online gambling services - Protection of consumers and players and prevention of minors from gambling online - Commission Recommendation - Act not subject to review - Inadmissibility))

(2015/C 429/32)

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: L. Van den Broeck and M. Jacobs, acting as Agents, and P. Vlaemminck and B. Van Vooren, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe and F. Wilman, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Recommendation 2014/478/EU of 14 July 2014 on principles for the protection of consumers and players of online gambling services and for the prevention of minors from gambling online (OJ 2014 L 214, p. 38).

Operative part of the order

1.

The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.

There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene made by the Hellenic Republic and the Portuguese Republic.

3.

The Kingdom of Belgium shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.

4.

The Kingdom of Belgium, the Hellenic Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the European Commission shall each bear their own costs of the applications for leave to intervene.


(1)  OJ C 431, 1.12.2014.