Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2024:872
Date: 2024-10-04
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Action for failure to act
Origin: Germany

Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 October 2024 – Fass v Germany and Commission (Case C-187/24 P) (1) ( Appeal – Action for failure to act – No action brought for failure to fulfil obligations – Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the EU judicature and manifest inadmissibility ) 1. Actions for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Actionable omissions – Failure to initiate infringement proceedings – Inadmissibility (Art. 265, third para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 31, 33, 34) 2. Actions for annulment – Actionable measures – Refusal by the Commission to initiate infringement proceedings – Precluded (Arts 258 and 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paragraph 32) 3. Actions for failure to fulfil obligations – Right of the Commission to bring judicial proceedings – To be exercised at its discretion – No right of individuals to require the Commission to adopt a position (Art. 258 TFEU) (see paragraph 33) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded. 2. Mr Peter Fass shall bear his own costs. 1 OJ C 6904, 25.11.2024.