Order of the General Court of 26 March 2012 - Cañas v Commission
(Case T-508/09)
(Competition - Anti-doping rules - Decision rejecting a complaint - Discontinuance of a professional activity - Disappearance of the interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Guillermo Cañas (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (represented initially by F. Laboulfie and C. Aguet, then by Y. Bonnard, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Van Nuffel and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, acting as Agents, and J. Derenne, lawyer)
Interveners in support of the defendant: World Anti-Doping Agency (Lausanne, Switzerland) (represented by: G. Berrisch, lawyer, D. Cooper, Soliciitor, and N. Chesaites, Barrister); and ATP Tour, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: B. van de Walle de Ghelcke and J. Marchandise, lawyers)
Re:
Application for the annulment of Commission Decision C(2009) 7809 of 12 October 2009 in Case COMP/39471 rejecting a complaint, for insufficient Community interest, concerning an infringement of Articles 81 EC and 82 EC allegedly committed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, by ATP Tour, Inc. and by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS).
Operative part of the order
1. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action.
2. Guillermo Cañas is ordered to pay his own costs and those incurred by the European Commission.
3. The World Anti-Doping Agency and ATP Tour, Inc. are ordered to pay their own costs.
4. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene made by European Elite Athletes Association.
____________1 - OJ C 80, 27.3.2010.