Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 9 October 2012 — Région Poitou‑Charentes v Commission

(Case T‑31/12)

Action for annulment — Structural funds — Measure not subject to review — Measure in part informative and in part preparatory — Inadmissibility

Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Commission letter requesting an authority managing a Community initiative programme for additional information concerning the final report on implementation of the programme, before the expiry of the five-month period specified in Article 37(1), fourth paragraph, of Regulation No 1260/1999 — Not included (Art. 263 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1260/1999, Art. 37(1), fourth para.) (see paras 32, 33, 39, 41, 49, 52)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the decision allegedly contained in the Commission’s letter of 18 November 2011, mentioning as its subject: ‘Closure of the programme “Atlantic Area” 2000-2006, Approval of the Final Report, CCI: 2001 RG 16 0PC 006’.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. The Région Poitou-Charentes is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.