62019TO0561_INF
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 –Lípidos Santiga v Commission
(Case T‑561/19)
(Action for annulment – Energy – Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Limit on biofuels and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 – Definition of raw materials presenting a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk – Palm oil – Standing to bring proceedings – Lack of individual concern – Inadmissibility)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Regulatory acts – Acts not entailing implementing measures and concerning the applicant directly – Concept of direct concern – Criteria – Act having direct effects on the legal situation of the applicant – Commission Delegated Regulation establishing raw materials presenting a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk – Applicant company not demonstrating that its legal situation has been directly affected – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2018/2001, Art. 26(2); Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/807)
(see paras 21-23, 28-43, 48, operative part 1)
2.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Regulatory acts – Acts not entailing implementing measures and concerning the applicant directly – Concept of direct concern – Criteria – Act likely to have an influence on the material situation of the applicant – Criterion not conclusive
(Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU)
(see paras 44-46)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 of 13 March 2019 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of high indirect land-use change-risk feedstock for which a significant expansion of the production area into land with high carbon stock is observed and the certification of low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels (OJ 2019 L 133, p. 1).
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2.
Lípidos Santiga, SA, is ordered to pay the costs.