Order of the General Court of 28 July 2021 – Dual Star Logistic and Others v Parliament and Council
(Case T-645/20) 1
(Action for annulment – Road transport – Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 – Conditions relating to the requirement of establishment of undertakings – Return of vehicles to the operational centre in the Member State of origin within a maximum period of eight weeks – Professional association – Standing to bring proceedings – Act not of individual concern – Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Dual Star Logistic SRL (Bucharest, Romania), Eliton Trans SRL (Piteşti, Romania), Agexim Spedition SRL (Piteşti), SC A & C International Road Cargo SRL (Piteşti), Uniunea Naţională a Transportatorilor Rutieri din România (UNTRR) (Bucharest) (represented by: R. Martens, lawyer)
Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: R. van de Westelaken and A. Tamás, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Norberg, L. Vétillard and S. Emmerechts, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Article 1(3) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 amending Regulations (EC) No 1071/2009, (EC) No 1072/2009 and (EU) No 1024/2012 with a view to adapting them to developments in the road transport sector (OJ 2020 L 249, p. 17).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. There is no longer any need to rule on Romania’s application for leave to intervene.
3. Dual Star Logistic SRL, Eliton Trans SRL, Agexim Spedition SRL, SC A & C International Road Cargo SRL and Uniunea Naţională a Transportatorilor Rutieri din România (UNTRR) shall bear their own costs and those incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, apart from the costs relating to the application for leave to intervene.
4. Dual Star Logistic, Eliton Trans, Agexim Spedition, SC A & C International Road Cargo, Uniunea Naţională a Transportatorilor Rutieri din România (UNTRR), the Parliament, the Council and Romania shall bear their own costs relating to the application for leave to intervene.
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1 OJ C 9, 11.1.2021.