ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEVENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
21 May 2015 (1)
(Removal from the register)
In Case T-232/11,
Stichting Greenpeace Nederland, established in Amsterdam (Netherlands),
Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe), established in Brussels (Belgium),
represented initially by B. Kloostra, and subsequently by A. van den Biesen and B. Kloostra, lawyers, and lastly by B. Kloostra,
applicants,
v
European Commission, represented initially by P. Oliver and P. Ondrůšek, and subsequently by L. Pignataro‑Nolin and P. Ondrůšek, acting as Agents,
defendant,
APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision Ares (2011) 223668 of 1 March 2011, dismissing as inadmissible the application for internal review of Commission Directive 2010/77/EU of 10 November 2010 amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC as regards the expiry dates for inclusion in Annex I of certain active substances (OJ 2010 L 293, p. 48).
1 By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 9 March 2015, the applicants informed the Court in accordance with Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure that they wished to discontinue proceedings. They sought no order as to costs.
2 By letter lodged at the Registry of the Court on 24 March 2015, the defendant requested, pursuant to Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure, that the applicants be ordered to pay the costs.
3 The first subparagraph of Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings shall be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the observations of the other party on the discontinuance. In the present case, the defendant requested that the applicants be ordered to pay the costs.
4 The case will therefore be removed from the register and the applicants ordered to pay the costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SEVENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T-232/11 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. The applicants shall bear the costs.
Luxembourg, 21 May 2015.