Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.7.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 230/50 |

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Order of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — ITSA v Commission

(Case T-396/18) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2019230EN.01005001-E0001)

(Action for annulment - Approximation of laws - Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and related product - Establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products - Delegated Regulation and implementing acts - Lack of direct concern - Inadmissibility)

(2019/C 230/62)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: International Tax Stamp Association Ltd (ITSA) (Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom) (represented by: F. Scanvic, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Rubene and C. Valero, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573 of 15 December 2017 on key elements of data storage contracts to be concluded as part of a traceability system for tobacco products ([OJ 2018 L 96, p.1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:096:TOC)), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products ([OJ 2018 L 96, p.7](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:096:TOC)), and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for security features applied to tobacco products ([OJ 2018 L 96, p 57](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2018:096:TOC)).

Operative part of the order

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| 1. | The action is dismissed as inadmissible. |

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| 2. | There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene of the Council of the European Union. |

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| 3. | International Tax Stamp Association Ltd (ITSA) shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Commission. |

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| 4. | The Council shall bear its own costs relating to the application to intervene. |

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