Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 June 2012 —Fuchshuber Agrarhandel v Commission
(Case C-491/11 P)
Appeal — Common Agricultural Policy — Purchase of maize from the Hungarian intervention agency — Insufficient stocks — Alleged failure by the Commission in its obligation to conduct checks — Non-contractual liability
1.                     Appeals — Grounds — Error of law relied on not identified — Inadmissibility (Art. 256(1)(2) TFEU; Statute of the Court of
Justice, Art. 58(1); Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see paras 27, 28, 47)
2.                     Appeals — 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 (Art. 256(1)(2) TFEU; Statute
of the Court of Justice, Art. 58(1)) (see para. 53)
3.                     Judicial proceedings — No obligation on the General Court to commence the oral procedure before ruling on an objection of
inadmissibility — (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 111 and 114(1) and (3)) (see paras 57, 58)
Re:
Appeal against the order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 21 July 2011 in Case T-451/10
Fuchshuber Agrarhandel
v
Commission
, by which that Court dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law the action for damages seeking to obtain compensation
for the loss allegedly suffered by reason of the Commission’s failure to check the conditions governing the implementation
of standing invitations to tender for the resale on the Community market of cereals, in this case maize held by the Hungarian
intervention agency.
Operative part:
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
Fuchshuber Agrarhandel GmbH is ordered to pay the costs.