62020TO0212_INF
Order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 September 2023 –Gaz-System v ACER
(Case T‑212/20) (
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(Action for annulment – Energy – Regulation (EU) 2017/459 – Capacity allocation mechanisms in gas transmission systems – Selection of gas transmission capacity booking platforms – ACER decision in the absence of agreement between the national regulatory authorities – Selection procedure by ACER – Conditions for ACER to resume the proceedings after referral back by the Board of Appeal – Scope and intensity of the Board of Appeal’s review of the legality of ACER decisions – Manifestly well-founded action)
EU agencies – Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) – Appeals procedure – Action before the Board of Appeal of ACER – Action brought against ACER concerning the selection of a gas transmission capacity booking platform – Scope of the review – Assessment of complex technical and economic facts – Review of legality not limited to the assessment of manifest errors of assessment
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2019/942, Arts 25 to 28; Commission Regulation 2017/459, Art. 37(3))
(see paragraphs 25-40)
Operative part
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Decision No A‑006‑2019 of the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) of 7 February 2020 is annulled.
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ACER is ordered to pay the costs.
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)	OJ C 191, 8.6.2020.