CELEX: 62017TB0196
Language: en
Date: 2018-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-196/17: Order of the General Court of 9 March 2018 — Naftogaz of Ukraine v Commission (Action for annulment — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Commission Decision on review of the exemption of the OPAL pipeline from the requirements on third-party access and tariff regulation — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)

30.4.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 152/36
            
         Order of the General Court of 9 March 2018 — Naftogaz of Ukraine v Commission
   (Case T-196/17) (1)
   
   ((Action for annulment - Internal market in natural gas - Directive 2009/73/EC - Commission Decision on review of the exemption of the OPAL pipeline from the requirements on third-party access and tariff regulation - Lack of direct concern - Inadmissibility))
   (2018/C 152/45)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine) (represented by: D. Mjaaland, A. Haga, M. Krakowiak and P. Grzejszczak, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: Y. G. Marinova, O. Beynet and K. Herrmann, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2016) 6950 final of 28 October 2016 on the review of the conditions for exemption of the OPAL pipeline, granted under Directive 2003/55/EC, from the rules on third-party access and tariff regulation.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine shall bear its own costs and the costs of the European Commission.
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Naftogaz of Ukraine, the Commission, OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG, Gazprom Eksport LLC and Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.