ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
8 May 2015(1)
(Removal from the register)
In Case T-45/12,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented initially by E. Jenkinson, acting as Agent, assisted by C. Beal Kieron QC, and subsequently by E. Jenkinson and M. Holt, acting as Agents, assisted by C. Beal Kieron, and lastly by M. Holt and V. Kaye, acting as Agents, assisted by C. Beal Kieron,
applicant,
supported by
Kingdom of Sweden, represented by A. Falk, C. Meyer-Seitz, C. Stege, S. Johannesson, U. Persson and H. Karlsson, acting as Agents,
intervener,
v
European Central Bank, represented initially by P. Papapaschalis and A. Sáinz de Vicuña Barroso, acting as Agents, assisted by P. M. Stuart, Barrister, and subsequently by P. Papapaschalis and A. Sáinz de Vicuña Barroso, assisted by F. Subiotto Romano QC, F.‑C. Laprévote, lawyer, and P. M. Stuart, Barrister, and lastly by P. Papapaschalis and P. Senkovic, acting as Agents, assisted by F. Subiotto Romano, F.‑C. Laprévote, and P. M. Stuart,
defendant,
supported by
French Republic, represented by G. de Bergues, D. Colas and E. Ranaivoson, acting as Agents,
and
Kingdom of Spain, represented by A. Rubio González, acting as Agent,
interveners,
APPLICATION for annulment of a document entitled ‘Standards for the Use of Central Counterparties in Eurosystem Foreign Reserve Management Operations’, published by the European Central Bank on 18 November 2011, in so far as it contains a location requirement for Central Counterparties,
1 By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 29 March 2015, the applicant informed the Court, in accordance with Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure, that it wished to discontinue proceedings. It sought no order as to costs.
2 By letter lodged at the Registry of the Court on 31 March 2015, the defendant informed the Court that it fully concurred with the applicant’s request, and it would agree to bear its own costs, provided other parties in the case also bear their own costs.
3 By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 21 April 2015, the intervener, the Kingdom of Spain, informed the Court that it had no observations on the discontinuance. It sought no order as to costs.
4 By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 22 April 2015, the intervener, the French Republic, informed the Court that it had no observations on the discontinuance. It sought no order as to costs.
5 The intervener, the Kingdom of Sweden, did not submit observations on the application for discontinuance.
6 Under the first subparagraph of Article 87(4) of the Rules of Procedure, the Member States which intervened in the proceedings are to bear their own costs.
7 The third subparagraph of Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, where proceedings are discontinued and costs are not applied for, the parties are to bear their own costs.
8 The case will therefore be removed from the register and, in the absence of any claim in that regard, the parties ordered to bear their own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T-45/12 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. Each party shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 8 May 2015.