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. 

EU law – Principles – Rights of the defence – Right to a judicial hearing – No obligation to incorporate in the decision all the submissions of the parties

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47, second para.)

(see paras 32-37)

3. 

Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility

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

(see paras 43-46, 55)

4. 

Appeal – Grounds – Lack of specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning and of legal arguments in support of the appeal – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1), second subpara., 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 51-53)

5. 

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 69-74)

1. 

Dismisses the appeal;

2. 

Orders Gesamtverband Verkehrsgewerbe Niedersachsen eV (GVN) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3. 

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