Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:748
Date: 2017-10-23
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Competition;Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Belgium

summary of the pleas in law on which it is based. That summary must be sufficiently clear and precise to enable the defendant to prepare its defence and the Court to rule on the action, if necessary without any other supporting information. 140 The application must, accordingly, specify the nature of the grounds on which the action is based, with the result that a mere abstract statement of the grounds does not satisfy the requirements of the Rules of Procedure of 2 May 1991 (judgment of 12 January 1995, Viho v Commission, T‑102/92, EU:T:1995:3, paragraph 68). 141 In the application, the applicant merely asserts that the Commission’s conclusion is the result of a procedure during which the Commission failed to examine attentively the elements of fact and of law raised by the applicant in breach of the applicant’s right to good administration, but it does not advance any further submissions capable of supporting that assertion. 142 The mere reference to the principle of good administration cannot be regarded as sufficient to fulfil the conditions of clarity and precision imposed by the Rules of Procedure of 2 May 1991. 143 Consequently, the sixth plea in law is inadmissible. 144 Since none of the pleas in law put forward by the applicant demonstrate that the Commission overstepped the limits of its discretion, the action is unfounded. Costs 145 Under Article 134(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, the unsuccessful party is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the successful party’s pleadings. Since the applicant has been unsuccessful, it must be ordered to pay the costs incurred by the Commission and by the interveners, in accordance with the forms of order sought by them. On those grounds, THE GENERAL COURT (Second Chamber), hereby: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the Confédération européenne des associations d’horlogers-réparateurs (CEAHR) to pay the costs. Prek Buttigieg Berke Delivered in open court in Luxembourg on 23 October 2017. E. Coulon Registrar President * Language of the case: English.