Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 31 March 2014 — SACBO v Commission and INEA

(Case T‑270/13)

Action for annulment — Community financial aid to projects of common interest in the field of trans-European transport and energy networks — No direct concern — Non-actionable measure — Preparatory act — Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Measures of direct and individual concern to them — Whether directly concerned — Criteria — Decision of an executive agency of the European Union to disallow certain costs incurred in carrying out a project benefiting from Community financial assistance — Organisation entrusted with implementing the project not directly affected (Art. 263, fourth para., TFEU) (see paras 20, 21, 24-32, 36)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Preparatory measures — Not included (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 38-49)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision of 18 March 2013 of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA) relating to certain expenditure incurred in carrying out a feasibility study concerning the intermodal nature of the Bergamo-Orio al Serio airport (Italy) following the grant of financial aid by the Commission to the Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (ENAC, Italian national civil aviation authority).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. There is no need to adjudicate on the application by the Republic of Poland for leave to intervene.

3. The Società per l’aeroporto civile di Bergamo-Orio al Serio SpA (SACBO SpA) is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission and the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA).