Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 April 2012 — F 91 Diddeléng and Others v Commission

(Case T-341/10)

Action for annulment — Decision to take no further action on a complaint — Failure to bring an action for failure to fulfil obligations — No challengeable act — Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Commission’s refusal to bring infringement proceedings — Not included — No infringement of the right to effective legal protection (Arts 258 TFEU and 263 TFEU) (see paras 26-35)

2.                     Actions for failure to fulfil obligations — Procedure — Independent of the competition procedure (Art. 258 TFEU; Commission Regulation No 773/2004) (see para. 43)

3.                     Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the Court — E — Not included (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 50-53)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 3 June 2010 to take no action in regard to the complaint lodged by the applicants against the Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football (FLF), seeking annulment of rules of the FLF infringing Articles 39 and 81 EC, and an application ‘for any appropriate order’.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as being inadmissible.

2. F91 Diddeléng, Julien Bonnetaud, Thomas Gruszczynski, Rainer Hauck, Stéphane Martine, Grégory Molnar and Yann Thibout shall bear their own costs and pay those of the European Commission.

3. The Fédération luxembourgeoise de football (FLF) shall bear its own costs.