Order — ECLI:EU:C:2016:476
Date: 2016-06-21
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Vice-President
Subject matter: State aids;Competition;Procedural provisions
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Application to intervene - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 21 June 2016 — Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie v Allergopharma (Case C‑157/16 P(I)) Appeal — Intervention — Interest in the result of the case 1. Appeal — Grounds — Mistaken assessment of the facts — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 9, 10) 2. Judicial proceedings — Intervention — Persons having an interest — Dispute concerning the validity of a decision concerning State aid — Application for leave to intervene made by an association representing the sector concerned — Association having been recognised as an interested party in the administrative procedure — No relevance (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 143(2); Council Regulation No 659/1999, Art. 1(h); Commission Decision 2015/1300) (see para. 15) 3. Judicial proceedings — Intervention — Submission of the application to intervene to a reduced burden of proof — No such submission (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second and third paras., and (3); Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 143(2)(f)) (see paras 19, 20) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie eV is ordered to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by Allergopharma GmbH & Co. KG.