Order of the General Court of 19 March 2014 — Club Hotel Loutraki and Others v Commission
(Case T-57/13) 1
(Action for annulment — State aid — Operation of video lottery terminals — Grant of an exclusive licence by the Hellenic Republic — Decision finding no State aid — Letter addressed to the complainants — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Club Hotel Loutraki AE (Loutraki, Greece); Vivere Entertainment AE (Athens, Greece); Theros International Gaming, Inc. (Patras, Greece); Elliniko Casino Kerkyras (Athens); Casino Rodos (Rhodes, Greece); and Porto Carras AE (Alimos, Greece) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Afonso and P.-J. Loewenthal, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: E.M. Mamouna, acting as Agent) and Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP) (Athens) (represented initially by K. Fountoukakos-Kyriakakos, Solicitor, L. Van den Hende and M. Sánchez Rydelski, lawyers, and subsequently by M. Petite and A. Tomtsis, lawyers)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the Commission’s letter of 29 November 2012 relating to a complaint by the applicants concerning the existence of State aid allegedly granted by the Greek authorities to OPAP
Operative part of the order
The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.
Club Hotel Loutraki AE, Vivere Entertainment AE, Theros International Gaming, Inc., Elliniko Casino Kerkyras, Casino Rodos and Porto Carras AE shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP).
The Hellenic Republic shall bear its own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 114, 20.4.2013.