Judgment of the General Court of 20 September 2018 — Exaa Abwicklungsstelle für Energieprodukte v ACER

(Case T-123/17) ¹

(Energy — Decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER — Rejection of the application to intervene — Direct and existing interest at the end of the procedure — Obligation to state reasons — Right to be heard)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Exaa Abwicklungsstelle für Energieprodukte AG (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: B. Rajal, lawyer)

Defendant: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (represented by: P. Martinet and E. Tremmel, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, acting as Agent)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Board of Appeal of ACER of 17 February 2017 rejecting the applicant’s application to intervene in Case A-001-2017 (consolidated).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Exaa Abwicklungsstelle für Energieprodukte AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), including those relating to the interlocutory proceedings;

Orders the Republic of Poland to bear its own costs.

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¹ OJ C 129, 24.4.2017.