Judgment_paragraph 40 · Cableuropa SA and Others v Commission of the European Communities (T-346/02, T-347/02)

40First of all, a decision such as the contested decision in no way prejudices the final decision which the national authorities will adopt on the concentration. Therefore the existence of a later independent decision of the State rules out the possibility of the applicants being regarded as directly concerned by the contested decision. On this point the Commission refers to the judgments of the Court in Case T-3/93 Air France v Commission [1994] ECR II-121, and Case T-96/92 CCE de la Société Générale des grandes sources and Others v Commission [1995] ECR II-1213, paragraph 40, and to the case-law relating to the right of private individuals to challenge decisions concerning State aid (Case T-114/00 Aktionsgemeinscbaft Recht und Eigentum v Commission [2002] ECR II-5121, paragraph 73) and directives (Joined Cases T-172/98, T-175/98 to T-177/98 Salamander and Others v Parliament and Council [2000] ECR II-2487, paragraph 70).