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Document 62008TO0045

    Order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 14 November 2008.
    Transportes Evaristo Molina, SA v Commission of the European Communities.
    Action for annulment - Time-limit for instituting proceedings - Starting point - Publication in the Official Journal - Alleged lack of locus standi at the date of publication - Inadmissibility.
    Case T-45/08.

    European Court Reports 2008 II-00265*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2008:499





    Order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 14 November 2008 – Transportes Evaristo Molina v Commission

    (Case T-45/08)

    Action for annulment – Time-limit for instituting proceedings – Starting point – Publication in the Official Journal – Alleged lack of locus standi at the date of publication – Inadmissibility

    1.                     Actions for annulment – Time-limits – Point from which time starts to run – Date of publication of the measure in question (Art. 230, fifth para., EC; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 102(1)) (see paras 29-30)

    2.                     Procedure – Time-limit for instituting proceedings – Claim barred by lapse of time – Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45, second para.) (see para. 30)

    3.                     Actions for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Locus standi – Assessment by the Community judicative alone (Art. 230 EC) (see para. 32)

    Re:

    ANNULMENT of Commission Decision 2006/446/EC of 12 April 2006, relating to a proceeding under Article 81 EC (Case COMP/B-1/38.348 – Repsol CPP) (summary published in OJ 2006 L 176, p. 104) making binding the undertakings made by Repsol CPP, adopted in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 [EC] and 82 [EC] (OJ 2003 L 1, p. 1).

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders it not necessary to adjudicate on the application to intervene made by Repsol Comercial de Productos Petrolíferos, SA;

    3.

    Orders Transportes Evaristo Molina, SA to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the Commission.

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