CELEX: 62015TB0671(01)
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-671/15: Order of the General Court of 19 October 2016 — E-Control v ACER (Action for annulment — Energy — Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 — Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 — Opinion of ACER — National regulatory authorities’ decisions approving the methods of allocation of cross-border electricity transmission capacity — Central-East Europe region — Compatibility — Act not open to challenge — Inadmissibility)

12.12.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/23
            
         Order of the General Court of 19 October 2016 — E-Control v ACER
   (Case T-671/15) (1)
   
   ((Action for annulment - Energy - Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 - Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 - Opinion of ACER - National regulatory authorities’ decisions approving the methods of allocation of cross-border electricity transmission capacity - Central-East Europe region - Compatibility - Act not open to challenge - Inadmissibility))
   (2016/C 462/30)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Energie-Control Austria für die Regulierung der Elektrizitäts- und Erdgaswirtschaft (E-Control) (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: F. Schuhmacher, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (represented by: E. Tremmel, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Opinion No 09/2015 of ACER of 23 September 2015 on the compliance of national regulatory authorities’ decisions approving the methods of allocation of cross-border transmission capacity in the Central-East Europe region with Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 and the Guidelines on the management and allocation of available transfer capacity of interconnections between national systems contained in Annex I thereto.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               There is no longer any need to rule on the applications to intervene of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Verbund AG and Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Energie-Control Austria für die Regulierung der Elektrizitäts- und Erdgaswirtschaft (E-Control) shall bear its own costs and shall pay those incurred by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), including those relating to the interim proceedings.
            
         
               4.
            
            
               The Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Verbund AG and Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. shall bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 38, 1.2.2016.