CELEX: 62019TB0530
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-530/19: Order of the General Court of 20 May 2020 — Nord Stream v Parliament and Council (Action for annulment — Energy — Internal market in natural gas — Directive (EU) 2019/692 — Addition of Article 49a to Directive 2009/73/EC concerning the adoption of decisions derogating from certain provisions of that directive — Application of Directive 2009/73 to gas lines to or from third countries — Objection to the deadline of 24 May 2020 for granting derogations from the obligations laid down by Directive 2009/73 — No direct concern — No individual concern — Inadmissibility)

27.7.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 247/14
            
         
      Order of the General Court of 20 May 2020 — Nord Stream v Parliament and Council
      (Case T-530/19) (1)
      
      (Action for annulment - Energy - Internal market in natural gas - Directive (EU) 2019/692 - Addition of Article 49a to Directive 2009/73/EC concerning the adoption of decisions derogating from certain provisions of that directive - Application of Directive 2009/73 to gas lines to or from third countries - Objection to the deadline of 24 May 2020 for granting derogations from the obligations laid down by Directive 2009/73 - No direct concern - No individual concern - Inadmissibility)
      (2020/C 247/21)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Nord Stream AG (Zug, Switzerland) (represented by: M. Raible, C. von Köckritz and J. von Andreae, lawyers)
      
         Defendants: European Parliament (represented by L. Visaggio, J. Etienne and I. McDowell, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Lo Monaco and S. Boelaert, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking partial annulment of Directive (EU) 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (OJ 2019 L 117, p. 1).
      
         Operative part of the order
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by the Republic of Estonia, by the Republic of Latvia, by the Republic of Lithuania, by the Republic of Poland and by the European Commission.
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Nord Stream AG is ordered to pay the costs of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, except for those relating to the applications for leave to intervene.
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Nord Stream, the Parliament and the Council, as well as the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland and the Commission, are to bear their own costs in relation to the applications for leave to intervene.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 312, 16.9.2019.