Judgment_paragraph 32 · Comité des industries du coton et des fibres connexes de l'Union européenne (Eurocoton) and Others v Council of the European Union (C-76/01 P)

32According to the appellants, where an institution is acting in the context of a procedure governed by a regulation which confers procedural rights on the parties concerned, any action by the institution which amounts, in effect, to closing the file without action is an act subject to review pursuant to Article 173 of the Treaty (Fediol v Commission, cited above, paragraphs 28 to 31; Case 210/81 Demo-Studio Schmidt [1983] ECR 3045; Case 298/83 CICCE v Commission [1985] ECR 1105; Joined Cases 142/84 and 156/84 BAT and Reynolds v Commission [1987] ECR 4487; all cited in Case T-24/90 Automec v Commission [1992] ECR II-2223, paragraph 78).