Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:C:2019:1043
Date: 2019-12-04
Language of the case: Polish
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Energy
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Poland

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 — Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. v European Commission, Federal Republic of Germany (Case C-342/18 P) 1 (Appeal — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 32 — Third-party access — Article 41(6), (8) and (10) — Rules on tariffs — Article 36 — Application for an exemption — Rules governing the operation of the OPAL pipeline — National regulatory authority — Exemption decision —Request for modification — European Commission Decision — Action for annulment — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Admissibility —Decision of no direct concern to the appellant) Language of the case: Polish Parties Appellant: Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (represented initially by M. Jeżewski, adwokat, and subsequently E. Buczkowska, radca prawny and W. Sadowski, adwokat) Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann and O. Beynet, acting as Agents), Federal Republic of Germany (represented initially by T. Henze, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agents) Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. to pay its own costs and bear those incurred by the European Commission; 3. Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 276, 6.8.2018.