1. 

Appeal – Admissibility – Decisions against which an appeal may be brought – Decision of the General Court not to rule on a plea of inadmissibility against an action dismissed as unfounded – Not included

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paras 23-25)

2. 

Appeal – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court – Inadmissibility – Challenge to the interpretation or application of EU law made by the General Court – Admissibility

(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))

(see paras 35-38)

3. 

Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility – Arguments simply constituting an amplification of a plea relied on in the application – Admissibility

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see para. 39)

4. 

Competition – EU rules – Addressees – Undertakings – Concept – Exercise of an economic activity – Entity engaged in both economic and non-economic activities – Entity that cannot be classified as an undertaking except as regards its economic activities

(Art. 107(1) TFEU)

(see paras 41-45)

5. 

Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted

(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)

(see paras 52-58)

6. 

Transport – Aid for transport – Regulation No 1370/2007 – Offsetting of the costs involved in the performance of public service obligations incurred by passenger transport undertakings – Member States entitled to exclude from the scope of the regulation compensation relating to the maximum tariffs for the transport of pupils, students, apprentices and persons with reduced mobility – No obligation to notify

(Art. 108(3) TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1370/2007, Art. 3(3))

(see paras 68-71)

1. 

Dismisses the appeal;

2. 

Orders Hermann Albers eK to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3. 

Orders Land Niedersachsen (Germany) to bear its own costs.