Competition — Decision rejecting a complaint — No Community interest — Scope of the complaint — Competence of the author of the act — Duty to state reasons

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 9 March 2012 — Comité de défense de la viticulture charentaise v Commission (Case T‑192/07) Competition — Decision rejecting a complaint — No Community interest — Scope of the complaint — Competence of the author of the act — Duty to state reasons 1.                     Procedure — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Summary statement of pleas (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 para. 28) 2.                     Competition — Administrative procedure — Examination of complaints — Taking into account the Community interest in investigating a case — Criteria for assessment — Discretion of the Commission — Limits — Judicial review (Arts 81 EC and 82 EC) (see paras 65-67, 80, 105) Re: APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision SG-Greffe (2007) D/202076 of 3 April 2007 dismissing the complaint in Case COMP/38863/B2-MODEF in relation to infringements of the EC Treaty. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders the Comité de défense de la viticulture charentaise to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission.