CELEX: 62012CA0269
Language: en
Date: 2013-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-269/12 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 June 2013 — Guillermo Cañas v European Commission, World Anti-doping Agency, ATP Tour, Inc. (Appeal — Competition — Anti-doping legislation — Decision to take no further action on a complaint lodged before the Commission — Concept of ‘interest in bringing proceedings’ — That interest remaining after the professional activity has ceased)

3.8.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 225/35
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 June 2013 — Guillermo Cañas v European Commission, World Anti-doping Agency, ATP Tour, Inc.
   (Case C-269/12 P) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Competition - Anti-doping legislation - Decision to take no further action on a complaint lodged before the Commission - Concept of ‘interest in bringing proceedings’ - That interest remaining after the professional activity has ceased)
   2013/C 225/59
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Guillermo Cañas (represented by: Y. Bonnard and C. Aguet, lawyers)
   
      Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: P. Van Nuffel and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, Agents), World Anti-doping Agency (represented by: G. Berrisch, Rechtsanwalt, D. Cooper, solicitor, N. Chesaites, barrister), ATP Tour, Inc.
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 26 March 2012 in Case T-508/09 Cañas v Commission, by which the General Court dismissed the application for annulment of Commission Decision C(2009)7809 of 12 October 2009 in Case COMP/39471, rejecting for lack of Community interest a complaint concerning an infringement of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC allegedly committed by the World Anti-doping Agency, the ATP Tour Inc. and by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) — Competition — Anti-doping legislation — Errors of law in the interpretation of the concept of ‘interest in bringing proceedings’ — Interest in bringing proceedings ceased to exist during the proceedings
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Guillermo Cañas to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the World Anti-doping Agency to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 235, 4.8.2012.