Order — ECLI:EU:T:2016:613
Date: 2016-10-12
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible;Application to intervene - decision unnecessary
Origin: Cyprus

Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 12 October 2016 — Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry and Others v Commission (Case T‑41/16) (Actions for annulment — Application for registration of a protected designation of origin ‘Halloumi’ or ‘Hellim’ — Commission letters concerning the applicants’ involvement in the opposition proceedings relating to the registration procedure — Measure not open to challenge — Inadmissibility) Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Definition — Measures producing binding legal effects — Preparatory measures — Not included — Commission letters concerning the participation of a legal person in the opposition proceedings concerning the procedure for registration of a protected designation of origin — Act not intended to produce legal effects — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1151/2012) (see paras 31-34, 41-43) Re: ACTION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of two letters from the European Commission of 18 November 2015 (Ref.Ares (2015) 5171539) and of 15 January 2016 (Ref.Ares (2016) 220922) concerning the applicants’ involvement in the opposition procedure relating to the procedure for registering the cheese called ‘Halloumi/Hellim’ as a protected designation of origin. Operative part 1. The action is dismissed. 2. There is no need to rule on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Republic of Cyprus. 3. Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry, Animal Breeders and Producers Association, Milk and Oil Products Production and Marketing Cooperative Ltd, Süt Urünleri İmalatçulari Birliği Milk Processors Association and Mrs Fatma Garanti are ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, including the costs relating to the interlocutory proceedings. 4. Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry, Animal Breeders and Producers Association, Milk and Oil Products Production and Marketing Cooperative Ltd, Süt Urünleri İmalatçulari Birliği Milk Processors Association, Mrs Fatma Garanti, the Commission, the Council, the Parliament and the Republic of Cyprus are ordered each to bear their own costs relating to the applications for leave to intervene.