Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 July 2013 — Regione Puglia v Commission

(Case C-586/11 P)

‛Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — ERDF — Decision reducing financial aid — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Regional body — Act directly affecting that body — Inadmissibility’

1. Judicial proceedings — Obligation on the General Court to commence the oral procedure before ruling on an objection of inadmissibility — No such obligation (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 114(1), (3) and (4)) (see para. 19)

2. Appeals — Grounds — Requirement that criticism of the reasoning of the General Court be specific (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see para. 22)

3. Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Commission decision addressed to a Member State concerning the reduction of financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund and providing for the reimbursement in part of the funds paid — Action brought by a regional body benefitting from those funds and acting as the managing authority of the funds received — Not directly concerned — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 25, 30-32, 43)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 14 September 2011 in Case T-84/10 Regione Puglia v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed an action for annulment in part of Decision C(2009) 10350 of the European Commission of 22 December 2009 concerning the reduction in the financial aid from the European Regional Development Fund granted under Commission Decision C(2000) 2349 of 8 August 2000 approving the operational programme POR Puglia for the period from 2000 to 2006, under objective No 1 — Absence of oral procedure — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Not directly affected — Inadmissibility — Insufficient reasons.

Operative part:

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. The Regione Puglia is ordered to pay the costs.

3. The Italian Republic is ordered to bear its own costs.

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 July 2013 — Regione Puglia v Commission

(Case C-586/11 P)

‛Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — ERDF — Decision reducing financial aid — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Regional body — Act directly affecting that body — Inadmissibility’

1. Judicial proceedings — Obligation on the General Court to commence the oral procedure before ruling on an objection of inadmissibility — No such obligation (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 114(1), (3) and (4)) (see para. 19)

2. Appeals — Grounds — Requirement that criticism of the reasoning of the General Court be specific (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see para. 22)

3. Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Commission decision addressed to a Member State concerning the reduction of financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund and providing for the reimbursement in part of the funds paid — Action brought by a regional body benefitting from those funds and acting as the managing authority of the funds received — Not directly concerned — Inadmissibility (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 25, 30-32, 43)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 14 September 2011 in Case T-84/10 Regione Puglia v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed an action for annulment in part of Decision C(2009) 10350 of the European Commission of 22 December 2009 concerning the reduction in the financial aid from the European Regional Development Fund granted under Commission Decision C(2000) 2349 of 8 August 2000 approving the operational programme POR Puglia for the period from 2000 to 2006, under objective No 1 — Absence of oral procedure — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Not directly affected — Inadmissibility — Insufficient reasons.

Operative part:

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. The Regione Puglia is ordered to pay the costs.