Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2022:664
Date: 2022-09-06
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Social Policy
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Action for failure to act
Origin: Spain

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 September 2022 – GZ and Others v Commission (Case C‑37/22 P) ( Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Measures transposing the directive – Complaint to the European Commission seeking a declaration of infringement of EU law by the Kingdom of Spain – No action brought for failure to fulfil obligations – Actions for failure to act ) 1. Appeal – Grounds – Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded – Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181) (see para. 7) 2. 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 – Plea alleging distortion of the facts – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d)) (see para. 11) 3. Actions for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Actionable omissions – Failure to initiate the procedure for failure to fulfil obligations – Inadmissibility (Arts 258 and 265 TFEU) (see paras 14, 18-20) 4. Actions for failure to act – Failure to act – Concept – Measure not considered satisfactory – Failure to adopt a preparatory act – Included – Condition – Act constituting a necessary preliminary act in a procedure leading to an act that has binding legal effects (Art. 265 TFEU) (see paras 16, 17) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded. 2. GZ, FK, AT, DH, ML, ZX, FO, RT and JC shall bear their own costs.