Judgment_paragraph 6 · Métropole Télévision SA (M6), Antena 3 de Televisión, SA, Gestevisión Telecinco, SA and SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, SA v Commission of the European Communities (T-185/00, T-216/00, T-299/00, T-300/00)

6Since 1987, M6 has lodged an application to join the EBU six times. Each time, its application has been rejected on the ground that it does not fulfil the membership conditions laid down by the EBU Statutes. Following the last refusal of the EBU, M6 filed a complaint with the Commission on 5 December 1997, complaining of EBU's practices towards it, and in particular the refusal of its applications for admission. By decision of 29 June 1999, the Commission dismissed the applicant's complaint. The Court of First Instance, in its judgment in Métropole télévision v Commission (Case T-206/99 [2001] ECR II-1057), annulled that decision to reject the complaint on the grounds that the Commission infringed its obligations to state reasons and the obligations it has when dealing with complaints.