Joined Cases T-433/03, T-434/03, T-367/04 and T-244/05: Order of the Court of First Instance of 26 June 2008 — Gibtelecom v Commission (Competition — Telecommunications — Decisions not to take any further action on complaints based on Article 86 EC — Failure of the Commission to define a position on complaints based on Article 86 EC — Actions for annulment — Actions for failure to act — Action which becomes devoid of purpose in the course of proceedings — No need to adjudicate)
Date: 2008-06-26
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, Gibraltar, Spain, action for annulment (EU), dominant position, regulation of telecommunications, telecommunications, telephone

C 223/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.8.2008

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Order of the Court of First Instance of 26 June 2008 —
Gibtelecom v Commission

Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2008 —
Espinosa Labella and Others v Commission

(Joined

Cases

T-433/03,

T-434/03,

T-367/04

and

T-244/05) (1)

(Case T-322/06) (1)

(Competition — Telecommunications — Decisions not to take
any further action on complaints based on Article 86 EC —
Failure of the Commission to define a position on complaints
based on Article 86 EC — Actions for annulment — Actions
for failure to act — Action which becomes devoid of purpose
in the course of proceedings — No need to adjudicate)

(Action for annulment — Directive 92/43/EEC — Conserva-
tion of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora —
Decision 2006/613/EC — List of sites of Community impor-
region —
the Mediterranean biogeographical
tance
Challengeable act — Lack of direct effect — Inadmissible)

for

(2008/C 223/67)

Language of the case: English

(2008/C 223/68)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Gibtelecom Ltd (Gibraltar) (represented by: M. Llamas,
barrister, and B. O'Connor, solicitor)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: F. Castillo de la Torre and A. Whelan, and subse-
quently by F. Castillo de la Torre, Agents)

Re:

(i) annulment of

the alleged decisions of

to take any further action in respect of

Actions for
the
Commission of 17 October 2003, 5 July 2004 and 26 April
2005 not
two
complaints calling on the Commission to act, on the basis of
Article 86(3) EC, to put an end to infringements of Community
law allegedly committed by the Kingdom of Spain, and (ii) a
declaration under Article 232 EC that, by failing to define a
position on the further action which it proposed to take with
respect
the
Commission failed to fulfil
its obligations under Community
law.

to certain aspects of one of

those complaints,

Operative part of the order

1. There is no need to adjudicate on the actions;

Parties

Pilar

Espinosa

(Almería); María

Applicants: Manuel José Espinosa Labella (Almería, Spain); Josefa
Labella
Labella Dávalos
(Almería); María José Espinosa Labella (Almería); Tomasa
Peñuela Ortiz (Almería); Tomás Espinosa Peñuela (Almería);
Francisco José Espinosa Peñuela (Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain);
Juan Manuel Espinosa Peñuela (Madrid, Espagne); María Lourdes
Espinosa Peñuela (Almería); Adela Espinosa Peñuela (Almería);
Jorge Jesús Espinosa Peñuela (Almería) and the heirs of de Rafael
Espinosa Peñuela (Almería) (represented by: M.J. Rovira Daudí,
lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and D. Recchia, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (repre-
sented by: F. Díez Moreno, abogado del Estado)

2. There is no need to adjudicate on the Kingdom of Spain's applica-

tion to intervene in Case T-367/04;

Re:

3. Gibtelecom Ltd and the Commission shall each bear their own

costs.

(1) OJ C 59, 6.3.2004.

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/613/EC of
19 July 2006 adopting, pursuant
to Council Directive
92/43/EEC, the list of sites of Community importance for the
Mediterranean biogeographical region (OJ 2006 L 259, p. 1), in
so far as it declares the site designated as ‘Artos de El Ejido’,
which includes lands belonging to the applicants, to be a site of
Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical
region.