62021CO0121_SUM
Case C‑121/21 R
Czech Republic
v
Republic of Poland
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 21 May 2021
(Interim relief – Article 279 TFEU – Application for interim measures – Environment – Directive 2011/92/EU – Assessment of the effects of certain projects on the environment – Lignite mining activities at an open-cast mine – Turów lignite mine (Poland))
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3))
(see paragraphs 33, 34)
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Prima facie examination of the pleas in law put forward in support of the main action – Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3); European Parliament and Council Directive 2011/92, Art. 4(1) and (2) and Annexes I, points 19 and 24, and II, points 2(a) and 13(a))
(see paragraphs 35, 41- 51)
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Meaning
(Arts 191(1) and (2), first subpara., 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3); European Parliament and Council Directive 2006/118, recital 1)
(see paragraphs 53, 59-61, 65-72)
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Serious and irreparable damage – Financial loss – Loss capable of being subsequently remedied by means of an action for compensation – Damage which cannot be regarded as irreparable
(Arts 268, 278, 279 and 340 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3))
(see paragraphs 63, 93)
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Balancing of all the interests involved
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 80, 88-92, 94, 95)
See the text of the decision.