Order of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 March 2014 — Club Hotel Loutraki and Others v Commission

(Case T‑57/13)

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

Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Acts challengeable by the author of a complaint denouncing State aid — Commission letter notifying the complainant of the Commission’s refusal to open the procedure under Article 108(2) TFEU — Not included (Arts 108(2) TFEU, and 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 21-25)

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

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. Club Hotel Loutraki AE, Vivere Entertainment AE, Theros International Gaming, Inc., Elliniko Casino Kerkyras, Casino Rodos and Porto Carras AE are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission and by Organismos Prognostikon Agonon Podosfairou AE (OPAP).

3. The Hellenic Republic is ordered to bear its own costs.