Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2015 — Vestel Iberia and Makro autoservicio mayorista v Commission

(Joined Cases T-249/12 and T-269/12) ¹

(Action for annulment — Customs union — Post-clearance entry in the accounts and remission of import duties — Colour television receivers originating in Turkey — Application for remission of customs duties submitted by two importers — Commission’s referral of the national authorities to a decision concerning another importer — Article 871(2) and (6) and Article 905(2) and (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicants: Vestel Iberia, SL (Madrid, Spain) (Case T-249/12); and Makro autoservicio mayorista SA (Madrid) (Case T-269/12) (represented by: P. De Baere and P. Muñiz, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and L. Keppenne, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, abogado del Estado)

Re:

Application for the annulment of Commission Decision C(2010) 22 final of 18 January 2010 finding that post-clearance entry in the accounts of import duties is justified and that remission of those duties is not justified in a particular case.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Joins Cases T-249/12 and T-269/12 for the purposes of the present judgment;

Dismisses the actions as inadmissible;

Orders Vestel Iberia, SL and Makro autoservicio mayorista SA to pay the costs;

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.

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¹ OJ C 235, 4.8.2012.