Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 28 September 2018 –M-Sansz v Commission
(Case T‑709/17)
(Action for annulment — State aid — Aid implemented by Hungary in favour of companies employing disabled workers — Preliminary examination procedure — Alleged Commission decisions declaring the aid measure compatible with the internal market — Concept of ‘party concerned’ — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)
1.      Actions for annulment — Time-limits — Point from which time starts to run — Day on which a measure came to the knowledge of the applicant — Decision neither published nor notified to the applicant
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU)
(see para. 14)
2.      Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Individual concern — Criteria
(Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU)
(see para. 17)
3.      Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Commission decision declaring State aid to be compatible with the common market without initiating the formal investigation procedure — Action by interested parties within the meaning of Article 108(2) TFEU — Admissibility — Conditions
(Arts 108(2) TFEU and 263, fourth para., TFEU; Council Regulation 2015/1589, Art. 1(h))
(see paras 20, 21, 23-26)
4.      Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Summary of the pleas in law and arguments relied on — Pleas in law and arguments not set out in the application — Pleas in law and arguments not set out in the application — Reference to elements in an annex — Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see paras 22, 28, 29)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decisions that the Commission allegedly adopted concerning the complaints 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 SA. 45498 (FC/2016) — Complaint made by OPS Újpest-lift Kft. concerning the State aid granted between 2006 and 2012 to companies employing disabled workers.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
M-Sansz Kereskedelmi, Termelő és Szolgáltató Kft. (M-Sansz Kft.) shall pay the costs.