ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
26 May 2023 (*)
(Removal from the Register)
In Case T‑500/22,
Vleuten Insects vof, established in Hoogeloon (Netherlands),
and
New Generation Nutrition BV, established in Helvoirt (Netherlands),
represented by N. Carbonnelle, lawyer,
applicants,
v
European Commission, represented by B. Rous Demiri and F. van Schaik, acting as Agents,
defendant,
supported by
European Parliament, represented by G. Bartram and A. Maciver, acting as Agents,
intervener,
1        By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants, Vleuten Insects vof and New Generation Nutrition BV, seek the annulment of the Commission Implementing Decision C(2002) 3478 final of 2 June 2022 terminating the procedure for authorising the placing on the market of Alphitobius diaperinus larva as a novel food without updating the Union list of novel foods.
2        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 17 March 2023, the applicants informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that they wished to discontinue the proceedings and requested that the Court should decide on the costs in accordance with Articles 136 and 138 of those rules.
3        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 3 April 2023, the European Commission informed the Court that it had no observations on the discontinuance and requested that the applicants be ordered to bear their own costs and those incurred by the defendant.
4        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 5 April 2023, the intervener informed the Court that it had no observations on the discontinuance and requested that the Court should decide on the costs in accordance with Articles 136 and 138 of the Rules of Procedure.
5        Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the other party’s observations on the discontinuance.
6        Article 138 of the Rules of Procedure provides that the institutions which have intervened in the proceedings shall bear their own costs.
7        The case shall therefore be removed from the Register and the applicants ordered to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the defendant, including those incurred in the proceedings for interim relief.
8        The intervener shall bear its own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1.      Case T-500/22 is removed from the Register of the General Court.
2.      The applicants shall bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission, including those incurred in the proceedings for interim relief.
3.      The European Parliament shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 26 May 2023.
T. Henze
A. Marcoulli
Acting Registrar
President
* Language of the case: English.