Order of the Court of First Instance of 25 March 2009 - Scientific and Technological Committee of AGH and Others v Commission
(Proceedings for failure to act - Technologies for subterranean storage of carbon dioxide - Commission's failure to adopt a position - Inadmissbility)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicants: Scientific and Technological Committee of AGH University of Science and Technology (Krakow, Poland); Europejskie Stowarzyszenie Ochrony Środowiska (Krakow); Przedsiębiorstwo Usług Geologiczno - Wiertniczych Chemkop-Geowiert sp. z o.o. (Krakow); Stowarzyszenie Obrony Środowiska (Krakow); Fundacja Partnerstwo dla Środowiska (Krakow); Niezależne Forum Ochrony Biosfery Ziemi (Skawina, Poland); Jan Adamczyk (Krakow); Emanuel Lipartowski (Krakow) (represented by: A. Żuraniewski, and subsequently by: M. Rogoziński and B. Balcerzak, lawyers),
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and M. Kaduczak, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action for failure to act, seeking a declaration that members of the Commission unlawfully failed to take appropriate measures, following the complaints made by the applicants, to eliminate the harmful effects on human health and the environment of techniques of capture and underground storage of carbon dioxide partly financed by the European Union
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed.
2. Scientific and Technological Committee of AGH University of Science and Technology; Europejskie Stowarzyszenie Ochrony Środowiska; Przedsiębiorstwo Usług Geologiczno - Wiertniczych Chemkop-Geowiert sp. z o.o.; Stowarzyszenie Obrony Środowiska; Fundacja Partnerstwo dla Środowiska; Niezależne Forum Ochrony Biosfery Ziemi; Mr Jan Adamczyk and Mr Emanuel Lipartowski are ordered to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 140, 23.6.2007.