Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 November 2018 — Estonia v Commission
(Case C‑334/17 P) (1)
(Appeal — Common organisation of the markets — Amount to be charged for quantities of surplus sugar not eliminated — Decision 2006/776/EC — Request for modification of a final decision of the European Commission — Letter of refusal — Appeal against that letter — Admissibility)
1.      Appeal — Formal requirements — Mention of the date on which the judgment of the General Court was notified — Omission — Error not sufficient to render the application inadmissible
(Art. 256 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(3))
(see para. 29)
2.      Appeal — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Inadmissibility — Challenge to the interpretation or application of EU law made by the General Court — Admissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))
(see paras 30, 31)
3.      Actions for annulment — Action against a decision refusing to withdraw or amend an earlier act — Inadmissibility — Concept of confirmatory decision — Re-examination for the purposes of verifying the justification for maintaining an earlier decision following several judgments delivered after the adoption of the said decision concerning similar decision — Included — No new factors
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paras 46-52)
4.      Appeal — Grounds — Plea directed against a superfluous ground — Invalid plea in law — Rejection
(Art. 256(1) TFEU)
(see paras 58, 59, 64, 65)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
dismisses the appeal;
2.
orders the Republic of Estonia to pay the costs.
1 OJ C 256, 7.8.2017.