CELEX: 62017TA0333
Language: en
Date: 2019-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-333/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Austrian Power Grid and Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz v ACER (Energy — Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER — Determination of the capacity calculation regions — Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Inadmissible in part — Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 — ACER’s competence)

23.12.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 432/36
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 October 2019 — Austrian Power Grid and Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz v ACER
      (Case T-333/17) (1)
      
      (Energy - Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER - Determination of the capacity calculation regions - Action for annulment - Interest in bringing proceedings - Inadmissible in part - Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 - ACER’s competence)
      (2019/C 432/40)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Austrian Power Grid AG (Vienna, Austria) and Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz GmbH (Bregenz, Austria) (represented by: H. Kristoferitsch and S. Huber, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (represented by: P. Martinet and E. Tremmel, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the applicants: Verbund AG (Vienna) (represented by: S. Polster, lawyer)
      
         Interveners in support of the defendant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Vláčil and T. Müller, acting as Agents), Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, acting as Agent), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. (Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland) (represented by: M. Szambelańczyk, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Decision A-001-2017 (consolidated) of the Board of Appeal of ACER of 17 March 2017 dismissing the appeals brought against Decision No 6/2016 issued by ACER regarding the determination of capacity calculation regions.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Annuls Decision A-001-2017 (consolidated) of the Board of Appeal of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) of 17 March 2017 dismissing the appeals against Decision No 6/2016 issued by ACER regarding the determination of capacity calculation regions in so far as it dismisses the appeals brought by Austrian Power Grid AG and by Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz GmbH;
                  
               
            
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                     Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
                  
               
            
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                     Declares that ACER is to bear its own costs and orders it to pay one quarter of the costs incurred by Austrian Power Grid and by Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz;
                  
               
            
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                     Declares that Austrian Power Grid and Vorarlberger Übertragungsnetz are to bear three quarters of their own costs;
                  
               
            
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                     Declares that the Czech Republic, the Republic of Poland, Verbund AG and Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. are to bear their own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 249, 31.7.2017.