1. 

Judicial proceedings – Production of evidence – Time limit – Late submission of evidence and offers of evidence – Exceptional circumstances justifying late submission – Late submission of evidence consisting of a decision taken by a national authority after the closure of the written phase of the procedure – Whether permissible

(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 85(3))

(see paragraphs 18-20)

2. 

Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission decision finding aid compatible with the internal market – Action by an association acting in the collective interests of its members – No substantial effect on the competitive position of those members – Inadmissibility of the association’s action

(Arts 108(2) and 263, fourth para., TFEU)

(see paragraphs 23-67)

3. 

Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission decision finding aid compatible with the internal market – Action brought by an association claiming that its own interests are affected – Active role played by that association during the procedure leading to the adoption of the contested decision – Evidence not sufficient to demonstrate that those interests are substantially affected – Inadmissibility of the association’s action – No infringement of the right to effective judicial protection

(Arts 108(2) and 263, fourth para., TFEU)

(see paragraphs 71-81)

1. 

Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2. 

Orders the Asociación Profesional de Empresas de Reparto y Manipulado de Correspondencia (Asempre) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, SA.

3. 

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.