Judgment_paragraph 35 · International Express Carriers Conference (IECC) v Commission of the European Communities, La Poste, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and The Post Office (C-449/98 P)

35Admittedly, it is settled case-law that a complainant is entitled to have any uncertainty as to the outcome of his complaint dispelled by means of a Commission decision, which may be the subject-matter of an application for judicial review (Case C-282/95 P Guérin automobiles v Commission [1997] ECR I-1503, paragraph 36). However, Article 3 of Regulation No 17 does not give a person making an application under that article the right to insist that the Commission take a final decision as to the existence or nonexistence of the alleged infringement and does not oblige the Commission to continue the proceedings, whatever the circumstances, right up to the stage of a final decision (Case 125/78 GEMA v Commission [1979] ECR 3173, paragraph 18, and Case C-119/97/P Ufex and Others v Commission [1999] ECR I-1341, paragraph 87).