ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT
2 December 2011 (*)
(Intervention)
In Case C-416/11 P,
APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 8 August 2011 (fax of 3 August 2011),
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by S. Ossowski and H. Walker, acting as Agents, assisted by D. Wyatt QC and V. Wakefield, Barrister,
appellant,
the other party to the proceedings being:
European Commission, represented by D. Recchia and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
defendant at first instance,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT,
after hearing the Advocate General, J. Mazák,
makes the following
Order
1        By application lodged at the Court Registry on 2 November 2011, the Kingdom of Spain, represented by N. Díaz Abad and M. Muñoz Pérez, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg, requested leave to intervene in Case C‑416/11 P in support of the form of order sought by the Commission.
2        The application for leave to intervene was made in accordance with Articles 93(1) and 123 of the Rules of Procedure, and is submitted pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 40 of the Statute of the Court of Justice.
On those grounds, the President of the Court hereby orders:
1.      The Kingdom of Spain is granted leave to intervene in Case C‑416/11 P in support of the form of order sought by the European Commission.
2.      A period shall be prescribed within which the intervener is to state in writing the pleas in law in support of the form of order which it seeks.
3.      The Registrar shall ensure that copies of all the procedural documents are served on the intervener.
4.      The costs are reserved.
Luxembourg, 2 December 2011.
A. Calot Escobar
V. Skouris
Registrar
President
* Language of the case: English.