Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2013:415
Date: 2013-06-20
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 June 2013 — Cañas v Commission (Case C‑269/12 P) Appeal — Competition — Anti-doping legislation — Decision to take no further action on a complaint lodged before the Commission — Concept of ‘interest in bringing proceedings’ — That interest remaining after the professional activity has ceased 1. Appeals — Interest in bringing proceedings — Condition — Appeal capable of procuring an advantage for the party bringing it — Commission decision to take no further action on a complaint regarding an infringement of the competition rules in the context of anti‑doping legislation — Tennis player no longer playing professionally — Loss of interest in bringing proceedings — Vested and current interest capable of constituting the basis of a possible action or damages — No such interest (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 56(2)) (see paras 15-18) 2. Appeals — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Error of law relied on not identified — Inadmissibility (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 56 and 58(1); Rules of Procedure of the Court, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169) (see paras 22-25) Re: Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 26 March 2012 in Case T‑508/09 Cañas v Commission , by which the General Court dismissed the application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009)7809 of 12 October 2009 in Case COMP/39471, rejecting for lack of Community interest a complaint concerning an infringement of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC allegedly committed by the World Anti-doping Agency, the ATP Tour Inc. and by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) — Competition — Anti-doping legislation — Errors of law in the interpretation of the concept of ‘interest in bringing proceedings’ — Interest in bringing proceedings ceased to exist during the proceedings. Operative part: The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Mr Guillermo Cañas to pay the costs; 3. Orders the World Anti-doping Agency to bear its own costs.