Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2022:144
Date: 2022-03-01
Language of the case: Czech
Court formation: Tenth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition;Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Action for damages

Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 March 2022 – Fryč v Commission (Case C‑239/21 P)(1) (Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – State aid – Block exemption regulations – Printing sector – Aid programme granted by the Czech authorities in favour of certain undertakings – Commission decision approving that programme – Action for annulment dismissed on the ground that it was out of time – Action for damages – Damage allegedly caused by acts of the Commission and the Court of Justice – Application for legal aid – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded) 1. Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 26-29) 2. 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 30, 31) 3. Appeal – Grounds – Error of law relied on not identified – Manifest inadmissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 32, 33) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded. 2. Mr Petr Fryč’s application for legal aid is rejected. 3. Mr Petr Fryč shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission. 1 OJ C 217, 7.6.2021.