ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SEVENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
11 March 2021 (*)
(Removal from the register)
In Case T‑162/20,
UPL Europe Ltd, established in Warrington Cheshire (United Kingdom),
and
Indofil Industries (Netherlands) BV, established in Amsterdam (Netherlands),
represented by C. Mereu and S. Englebert, lawyers,
applicants,
v
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), represented by D. Detken, S. Gabbi, acting as Agents, and by G. Rusconi and O. Cesana, lawyers,
defendant,
APPLICATION for annulment of the EFSA Decision EFSA/LA/DEC/22911258/2020 of 28 January 2020 concerning the request for internal review of the decision relating to the applicants’ requests for confidential treatment of the conclusion on the peer review of the risk assessment of the active substance Mancozeb.
1        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 21 December 2020, the applicants, UPL Europe Ltd and Indofil Industries (Netherlands) BV, informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that they wished to discontinue proceedings and that each party shall bear its own costs.
2        The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) did not lodge observations on the discontinuance within the time-limit.
3        The case shall therefore be removed from the register.
4        In the order of 12 August 2020, Indofil Industries (Netherlands) v EFSA (T‑162/20 R, not published, EU:T:2020:366), the application for interim relief lodged by Indofil Industries (Netherlands) was dismissed and the costs were reserved.
5        In accordance with Article 158(5) of the Rules of Procedure, in decisions of the General Court on the substance of a case, that court is to give a decision as to costs relating to the proceedings for interim relief. Moreover, under Article 134(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the unsuccessful party is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the successful party’s pleadings.
6        Indofil Industries (Netherlands) shall therefore bear its own costs and pay those incurred by EFSA in accordance with the form of order sought by EFSA in the proceedings for interim relief.
7        Article 136(4) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, where proceedings are discontinued, if costs are not claimed, the parties are to bear their own costs. In the absence of any claim in that regard, UPL Europe and Indofil Industries (Netherlands), on the one hand, and EFSA, on the other hand, shall bear their own costs relating to the present proceedings.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEVENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1.      Case T-162/20 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2.      Indofil Industries (Netherlands) BV shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in connection with the proceedings for interim relief.
3.      UPL Europe Ltd and Indofil Industries (Netherlands), on the one hand, and EFSA, on the other hand, shall bear their own costs relating to the present proceedings.
Luxembourg, 11 March 2021.
E. Coulon
R. da Silva Passos
Registrar
President
* Language of the case: English.