62020TJ0514_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber, Extended Composition) of 29 November 2023 – Uno v Commission
(Case T-514/20) (
1
)
(Action for annulment – State aid – Postal service – Compensation for universal postal service – Professional association – Lack of individual concern – No substantial effect on the competitive position – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission decision finding aid compatible with the internal market – Action by an association acting in the collective interests of its members – No substantial effect on the competitive position of those members – Inadmissibility of the association’s action
(Arts 108(2) and 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 18, 19, 27-53)
2.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Individual concern – Criteria – Commission decision finding aid compatible with the internal market Action by an association acting in its own interests – Active role of that association in the procedure which led to the adoption of the contested decision – Evidence not sufficient to show a substantial effect on those interests – Inadmissibility of the association’s action – No infringement of the right to effective judicial protection
(Arts 108(2) and 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see paragraphs 57-66)
Operative part
The Court
1.
Dismisses the action as being inadmissible;
2.
Orders Uno Organización Empresarial de Logística y Transporte to bear its own costs as well as those incurred by the European Commission and by the Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, SA;
3.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
(
1
)	OJ C 339, 12.10.2020.