Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 5 June 2014 —
Stanleybet Malta and Stanley International Betting v Commission

(Case T‑416/13)

Action for annulment — Competition — Operation of video lottery terminals — Grant by Greece of an exclusive licence — Decision rejecting a complaint — Act not amenable to review — Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Refusal of the Commission to continue examination of a complaint inviting it to act under Article 106(3) TFEU — Not included — Inadmissibility (Arts 106(3) TFEU and 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 19-22)

2.                     Competition — Undertakings enjoying special or exclusive rights granted by Member States — Exclusive licence for the operation of video lottery apparatus — Recourse to Article 106 TFEU to remedy anti-competitive conduct due to the initiative of the undertakings — Unlawfulness — Appropriate legal basis — Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU (Arts 101 TFEU, 102 TFEU, 106 TFEU and 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 24, 25, 30, 36-38)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision contained in the letter of the Commission of 10 June 2013 by which it informed the applicants of its decision to reject their complaint and to close the file regarding Case COMP/39.981 — Stanleybet Group 2/OPAPP.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. There is no need to rule on the applications of the Hellenic Republic and of the Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP) for leave to intervene.

3. Stanleybet Malta Ltd and Stanley International Betting Ltd are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.