62016CO0071_INF
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 –Zumex Group v Comercializadora Eloro
(Case C‑71/16 P-DEP)
(Taxation of costs)
1.
Judicial proceedings – Costs – Taxation – Recoverable costs – Elements to be taken into consideration – Discretion of the Court – Costs incurred in the context of an appeal
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 144(b) and 184(1))
(see paras 21-27)
2.
Judicial proceedings – Costs – Taxation – Recoverable costs – Elements to be taken into consideration – Costs incurred in the context of an appeal – Pleas raising issues which are neither particularly significant in relation to EU law nor unusually complicated in relation to the dispute
(see paras 28-36)
3.
Judicial proceedings – Costs – Taxation – Recoverable costs – Assessment having regard primarily to the total number of hours’ work objectively necessary for the purposes of the proceedings
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 144(b))
(see paras 37-42)
4.
Judicial proceedings – Costs – Taxation – Recoverable costs – Elements to be taken into consideration – Costs incurred in the context of an appeal – Financial interest of the dispute
(see para. 43)
5.
Judicial proceedings – Costs – Taxation – Recoverable costs – Elements to be taken into consideration – Expenses necessarily incurred in relation to taxation proceedings – Standardised procedure not presenting any difficulties
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 144(b))
(see paras 44-47)
Operative part
The total amount of the costs to be reimbursed by Comercializadora Eloro SA to Zumex Group SA in respect of Case C‑71/16 P is fixed at EUR 4 462.50, to which shall be added default interest from the date of service of the present order until the date of payment of the total amount owed, at a rate equal to that applied by the European Central Bank (ECB) to its main refinancing operations in force on the first day of the month in which payment is due, increased by three and a half percentage points.