Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 7 June 2022 –
SES Astra v Commission

(Case C‑212/22 P(I))

(Appeal – Intervention – Article 40, second paragraph, second sentence, of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union – Dispute between a Member State and an Institution of the European Union – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Dismissal)

1.      Appeal – Grounds – Form of order not seeking the annulment in full or in part of the operative part of the order under appeal – Inadmissibility

(Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(1))

(see paras 14-16)

2.      Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Persons having an interest – Dispute between a Member State and the Commission concerning the validity of a decision on State aid – Application for leave to intervene brought by the undertaking which criticised in a complaint to the Commission the aid which is the subject of the contested decision – Inadmissibility – Observance of the right to effective judicial protection – Refusal by a national court of last instance to request a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice in respect of the aid in question – Right of the complainant undertaking to intervene before the EU Courts in the light of that decision by the national court – None

(Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.)

(see paras 17-24)

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. SES Astra SA is ordered to pay the costs.