Order of the Court (Chamber determining whether appeals may proceed) of 3 March 2020 – Pink Lady America v OCVV

(Case C-886/19 P)

(Appeal — Protection of plant varieties — Determination as to whether appeals should be allowed to proceed — Article 170b of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Request failing to demonstrate that an issue is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of Union law — Refusal to allow the appeal to proceed)

Appeal – Preliminary admission scheme – Issue that is significant with respect to the unity, consistency or development of EU law – Request for the appeal to be allowed to proceed not demonstrating that the issue is significant  – Appeal not allowed to proceed

(Statue of the Court of Justice, Art. 58a ; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170b)

(see paras 12-15)

Operative part

1. The appeal is not allowed to proceed.

2. Pink Lady America LLC shall bear its own costs.