Дело C-284/19: Clarke/Комисия, Определение от 1 октомври 2019 г.

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In Case C‑284/19 P,

APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 3 April 2019,

Andrew Clarke, residing in Kingston upon Thames (United Kingdom), represented by Mr E. Lock, Solicitor,

appellant,

the other parties to the proceedings being:

European Commission,

defendant at first instance,

THE COURT (Tenth Chamber),

composed of C. Lycourgos, President of the Chamber, E. Juhász (Rapporteur) and M. Ilešič, Judges,

Advocate General: M. Bobek,

Registrar: A. Calot Escobar,

having decided, after hearing the Advocate General, to give a decision by reasoned order in accordance with Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court,

makes the following

Order

1. By his appeal, Mr Andrew Clarke asks the Court of Justice to set aside the order of the General Court of the European Union of 25 March 2019, Clarke v Commission (T‑731/18, not published, ‘the order under appeal’, EU:T:2019:209), by which the General Court dismissed his application for annulment of the European Commission’s decisions of 22 and 25 October 2018, bearing the references Ares (2018) 5364821 and Ares (2018) 5488682, by which it refused to bring infringement proceedings against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under Article 258 TFEU (‘the contested decisions’), and, pursuant to Article 265 TFEU, to declare that, by failing to bring such proceedings, the Commission has failed to fulfil its obligation to act.

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