Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:812
Date: 2025-09-03
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: United Kingdom

Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Abstract statement – Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paragraph 37) 4. EU law – Interpretation – Methods – Interpretation of a measure of secondary law – Interpretation contrary to its wording and the intention of the legislature – Not permissible (European Parliament and Council Regulation 2019/631, Art. 2(3)) (see paragraphs 57-58) 5. Environment – Atmospheric pollution – Regulation 2019/631 – Carbon dioxide emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles – carbon pooling mechanism – Scope – Commission Implementing Decision excluding manufacturers of special purpose vehicles from the scope of the regulation – No possibility for such manufacturers to participate in carbon pooling – Breach of the principles of equal treatment, proportionality, sound administration or the protection of legitimate expectations – Absence – Infringement of the freedom to conduct a business – Absence (Art. 6(1), third subpara., TEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 16, 41 and 52(7); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2019/631, Arts 2(3) and 6; Commission Decision 2023/1623) (see paragraphs 59-66, 99, 100, 106-112, 117-121, 125-129, 142-144) 6. Environment – Atmospheric pollution – Regulation 2019/631 – Carbon dioxide emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles – Commission Implementing Decision specifying the values relating to the performance of manufacturers and pools of manufacturers – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Reference in the implementing decision to the provisions of the regulation on which the decision is based, so that the criteria leading to its adoption can be understood – No infringement of the obligation to state reasons (Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2019/631, Art. 9(1); Commission Decision 2023/1623, recital 2 and Art. 1(1) and Annex I) (see paragraphs 133-141) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders London EV Co. Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; 3. Orders the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to bear their own costs.