62022TO0706_INF
Order of the Vice-President of the General Court of 2 February 2023 –Nicoventures Trading and Others v Commission
(Case T‑706/22 R)
(Interim relief – Public health – Withdrawal of certain exemptions for heated tobacco products – Application for interim measures – No urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Obligation to provide specific and precise information, supported by detailed documentary evidence – Probative value of the evidence – Criteria for assessment
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 16, 19, 20, 26, 27)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Financial loss – Situation capable of jeopardising the financial viability of the applicant company – Assessment in the light of its size and turnover and the situation of the group to which it belongs – Activity in highly regulated markets – Risk normally having to be borne by an undertaking operating on such a market – No urgency
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 18, 36)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.