62022CO0195_INF
Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 6 September 2022 –PTTAZ v Commission
(Case C‑195/22 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Social policy – Directive 1999/70/EC – Measures transposing the directive into national law – Complaint to the European Commission seeking a declaration of infringement of EU law by the Kingdom of Spain – No action brought for failure to fulfil obligations – Actions for failure to act)
1.
Appeal – Grounds – Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded – Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181)
(see paragraph 7)
2.
Appeal – 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 facts or evidence have been distorted – Plea alleging distortion of the facts – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paragraph 11)
3.
Actions for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Actionable omissions – Failure to initiate infringement proceedings – Inadmissibility
(Arts 258 and 265 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 14, 18-20)
4.
Actions for failure to act – Failure to act – Concept – Measure not considered satisfactory – Failure to adopt a preparatory act – Included – Condition – Act constituting a necessary preliminary act in a procedure leading to an act that has binding legal effects
(Art. 265 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 16, 17)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.
2.
Plataforma de Trabajador@s Temporales del Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza (PTTAZ) shall bear its own costs.