The EU Court of First Instance partially annuls a Commission’s decision finding that an agreement in the electricity sector infringes competition law (Rendo)

Case T-16/91 Rendo NV and Others v Commission of the European Communities* 1. An application for annulment brought by the originator of a complaint under Regulation No 17 against a Commission decision deferring examination of the national legislation under cover of which the anti-competitive practices alleged in the complaint take place until proceedings have been brought under Article 169 of the Treaty is admissible, since that decision, albeit not a decision closing the file, is definitive in that respect and is therefore capable of affecting the applicant's legal position from the procedural point of view. The procedural position of parties who