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Document 61997TO0182
Order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 16 February 1998. # Smanor SA, Hubert Ségaud and Monique Ségaud v Commission of the European Communities. # Refusal to initiate infringement proceedings - Action for annulment - Inadmissibility. # Case T-182/97.
Ordonanța Tribunalului de Primă Instanță (camera a doua) din data de 16 februarie 1998.
Smanor SA, Hubert Ségaud și Monique Ségaud împotriva Comisiei Comunităților Europene.
Acțiune în anulare - Inadmisibilitate.
Cauza T-182/97.
Ordonanța Tribunalului de Primă Instanță (camera a doua) din data de 16 februarie 1998.
Smanor SA, Hubert Ségaud și Monique Ségaud împotriva Comisiei Comunităților Europene.
Acțiune în anulare - Inadmisibilitate.
Cauza T-182/97.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:1998:32
61997B0182
Order of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 16 February 1998. - Smanor SA, Hubert Ségaud and Monique Ségaud v Commission of the European Communities. - Refusal to initiate infringement proceedings - Action for annulment - Inadmissibility. - Case T-182/97.
European Court reports 1998 Page II-00271
Keywords
Actions for annulment - Actionable measures - Refusal of the Commission to initiate the procedure for failure to fulfil obligations - Not included
(EC Treaty, Art. 169)
Summary
An action for annulment brought by a natural or legal person in respect of a refusal on the part of the Commission to initiate the procedure for failure to fulfil obligations is inadmissible.
Such a refusal is not actionable both because under Article 169 of the Treaty the Commission is not bound to initiate such a procedure - it has, rather, a discretionary power precluding the right of individuals to require it to adopt a particular position or to bring an action for annulment against its refusal to take action - and because the only act which could be refused would be a reasoned opinion, which itself cannot form the subject-matter of proceedings for annulment.