CELEX: 62019TB0141
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-141/19: Order of the General Court of 6 May 2020 — Sabo and Others v Parliament and Council (Action for annulment — Environment — Energy — Directive (EU) 2018/2001 — Inclusion of forest biomass among the sources of renewable energy — Act not of individual concern — Inadmissibility)

6.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 222/23
            
         
      Order of the General Court of 6 May 2020 — Sabo and Others v Parliament and Council
      (Case T-141/19) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - Environment - Energy - Directive (EU) 2018/2001 - Inclusion of forest biomass among the sources of renewable energy - Act not of individual concern - Inadmissibility)
      (2020/C 222/25)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Peter Sabo (Tulčik, Slovakia) and the 9 other applicants whose names appear in the Annex to the order (represented by: R. Smith, A. Dews and C. Day, Solicitors, D. Wolfe QC and P. Lockley and B. Mitchell, Barristers)
      
         Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: I. McDowell, C. Ionescu Dima and A. Tamás, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Lo Monaco and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment in part of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ 2018 L 328, p. 82), in so far as it includes forest biomass among the sources of renewable energy.
      
         Operative part of the order
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  There is no need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene made by the Commission, U.S. Industrial Pellet Association, Stichting Dutch Biomass Certification and Stichting RBCN (Rotterdam Biomass Commodities Network).
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Mr Peter Sabo and the other applicants whose names appear in the Annex shall bear their own costs and those incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  The Commission, U.S. Industrial Pellet Association, Stichting Dutch Biomass Certification and Stichting RBCN (Rotterdam Biomass Commodities Network) shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 148, 29.4.2019.