62024CO0720_INF
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 21 March 2025 –Nuctech Warsaw Company LimitedandInsTech Netherlands v Commission
(Case C-720/24 P(R))
(Appeal – Interim relief – Foreign subsidies – Inspections within the European Union – Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 – Accessibility of data requested by the European Commission – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Damage foreseeable with a reasonable degree of probability
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 30, 31)
2.
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 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 – Financial damage resulting from the imposition of administrative penalties of a pecuniary nature – Insufficient to demonstrate urgency
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paragraphs 32-38)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Financial damage – Situation capable of jeopardising the financial viability of the applicant company – Financial damage resulting from administrative penalties consisting in the suspension of the activity of the applicant company or the revocation of its licence – No proof that such penalties could jeopardise the financial viability of the applicant company
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 39-42)
4.
Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Application in the case of interim orders
(see paragraph 54)
5.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Cumulative nature
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3))
(see paragraph 58)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
Nuctech Warsaw Company Limited sp. z o.o and InsTech Netherlands BV shall pay, in addition to their own costs, those incurred by the European Commission.