62024TO0138_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 2 July 2024 –Aylo Freesites v Commission
(Case T‑138/24 R)
(Interim relief – Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 – Very large online platforms – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Prima facie case – Urgency – Weighing up of interests)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Weighing up of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the judge hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 13, 15, 16, 91, 92, 105, 120)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Prima facie examination of the pleas in law put forward in support of the main action – Action against a Commission decision designating the applicant as a very large online platform within the meaning of Regulation 2022/2065 – Pleas concerning the confidentiality of information disclosed pursuant to that regulation – Pleas not prima facie unfounded
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 16, 17 and 52(1); Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4); European Parliament and Council Regulation 2022/2065, Arts 33(4) and 39(1) and (2))
(see paragraphs 19, 34, 35, 42-48)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Financial damage – Obligation to provide specific and precise information, supported by detailed documentary evidence – Situation capable of jeopardising the financial viability of the applicant company – Irremediable effect on market share – Assessment having regard to the size of the undertaking and the situation of the group to which it belongs
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 49, 67-70)
4.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Serious and irreparable damage – Damage which results from the publication of allegedly confidential information – Conditions
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 81, 83)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.