Order;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2025:199
Date: 2025-02-26
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: State aids;Competition
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Denmark

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 26 February 2025 – Dansk Avis Omdeling Distribution v Commission (Case T‑195/23) ( Action for annulment – State aid – Postal sector – Compensation for discharging the universal service obligation – Decision finding aid compatible with the internal market – Lack of individual concern – No substantial effect on the competitive position – Inadmissibility ) 1. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Concept of regulatory act within the meaning of the fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Commission Decision on individual aid – Not included (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraph 23) 2. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission decision on State aid adopted at the end of the formal investigation procedure – Action by a competitor undertaking challenging the merits of the decision – Market position of the undertaking not substantially affected – Inadmissibility (Arts 108(2) and (3) and 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 26-28, 30, 31, 33-47, 53-60) 3. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Burden of proof borne by the applicant – Scope (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 29, 48-52) Operative part 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. Dansk Avis Omdeling Distribution A/S shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission and Post Danmark A/S. 3. The Kingdom of Denmark shall bear its own costs.