62018TO0763_INF
Order of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 18 December 2019 –Lazarus Szolgáltató és Kereskedelmi v Commission
(Case T‑763/18)
(Action for annulment — State aid — Allegedly unlawful aid implemented by Hungary in favour of undertakings employing disabled workers — Alleged Commission decisions declaring the aid measure compatible with the internal market — Time limit for bringing an action — Point from which time starts to run — Knowledge acquired — Proof — Duty of diligence — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment — Time limits — Point from which time starts to run — Decision neither published nor notified to the applicant — Precise knowledge of the content and reasons — Duty to request the whole text of the decision within a reasonable time once its existence is known
(Art. 263, sixth para. TFEU)
(see paras 22, 28, 30)
2.
Action for annulment — Actionable measures — Definition — Measures producing binding legal effects — Letter from the Commission sent to a national court simply informing it of the progress on the investigation of a State aid complaint — Not included — Application inadmissible
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paras 37-39)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decisions allegedly adopted by the Commission concerning, first, complaint SA.29432 — CP 290/2009 — Hungary — Aid for the employment of disabled workers alleged to be unlawful due to the discriminatory nature of the legislation and, second, complaint SA.45498 (FC/2016) — Complaint by OPS Újpest-lift Kft. concerning the State aid granted between 2006 and 2012 to undertakings employing disabled workers.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
Lazarus Szolgáltató és Kereskedelmi Kft. (Lazarus Kft.) shall pay the costs.