Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 30 April 2015 —
Star Light v Council and Commission

(Case T‑46/15)

Actions for annulment — Letter from the Commission allegedly informing the applicant of its interpretation of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 — Measure not open to an action — Actions for damages — Application initiating proceedings — Disregard of formal requirements — Manifest inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measure producing binding legal effects — Purely informative measure of the Commission giving its interpretation of a legislative text — Not included (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 20-26)

2.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Action for compensation for damage caused by an EU institution — No indications as to the character and extent of the damage suffered or as to the causal link — Manifest inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 27-29, 31)

Re:

APPLICATION for: (1) annulment of the letter of 1 December 2014 from one of the heads of unit of the Directorate General ‘Climate Action’ from the European Commission allegedly informing the applicant of its interpretation of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014, on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (OJ 2014 L 150, p. 195), and; (2) compensation for the damage allegedly suffered.

Operative part

1. The application is dismissed.

2. Star Light SAS is ordered to bear the costs.