62023TO1077_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 9 February 2024 –Bytedance v Commission
(Case T-1077/23 R)
(Interim relief – Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 – Designation of gatekeepers – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Assessment in litigation on the protection of confidential information – Condition of prima facie case not satisfied – No urgency
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4) and (5))
(see paragraph 22)
2.
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 – Purely hypothetical damage based on the occurrence of future and uncertain events – Insufficient to demonstrate urgency
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 23-35)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Financial loss – Obligation to provide specific and precise information, supported by detailed documentary evidence – Situation liable to endanger the existence of the applicant company – Assessment in the light of its size and turnover and the situation of the group to which it belongs – Purely hypothetical damage based on the occurrence of future and uncertain events – Insufficient to demonstrate urgency
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 44-57)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.