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ORDER OF THE PRESIDENTOF THE THIRD CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
17 July 2017 (*)
(Partial removal from the register)
In Joined Cases T‑533/15 and T‑264/16,
Korea National Insurance Corporation Zweigniederlassung Deutschland, established in Hamburg (Germany), and the other applicants whose names appear in the annex(1), represented by M. Lester and S. Midwinter, Barristers, and T. Brentnall and A. Stevenson, Solicitors,
applicants in Case T‑533/15,
Korea National Insurance Corp., established in Pyongyang (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), represented by M. Lester and S. Midwinter, Barristers, and T. Brentnall and A. Stevenson, Solicitors,
applicant in Case T‑264/16,
v
Council of the European Union, represented initially by À. de Elera-San Miguel Hurtado and A. Vitro, and subsequently by A. Vitro and F. Naert, acting as Agents,
and
European Commission, represented, in Case T‑533/15, by L. Havas, S. Bartelt and D. Gauci, acting as Agents, and, in Case T‑264/16, by L. Havas and S. Bartelt, acting as Agents,
defendants in Cases T‑533/15 and T‑264/16,
supported by
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented initially by V. Kaye, subsequently by S. Brandon, and lastly by S. Brandon and C. Crane, acting as Agents,
intervener in Case T‑533/15,
APPLICATION for annulment, in Case T‑533/15, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1066 of 2 July 2015 amending Decision 2013/183/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ 2015 L 174, p. 25), and of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1062 of 2 July 2015 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ 2015 L 174, p. 16), of Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/475 of 31 March 2016 amending Decision 2013/183/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ 2016 L 85, p. 34) and of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/659 of 27 April 2016 amending Council Regulation (EC) 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ 2016 L 114, p. 9) and also of Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 of 27 May 2016 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Decision 2013/183/CFSP (OJ 2016 L 141, p. 79) and any related Council Implementing Regulation(s) in so far as those measures apply to the applicants, and APPLICATION for annulment, in Case T‑264/16, of Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/475 of 31 March 2016 amending Decision 2013/183/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ 2016 L 85, p. 34) and of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/659 of 27 April 2016 amending Council Regulation (EC) 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (OJ 2016 L 114, p. 9) and also of Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 of 27 May 2016 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Decision 2013/183/CFSP (OJ 2016 L 141, p. 79) and any related Council Implementing Regulation(s) in so far as those measures apply to the applicant.
1 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 9 May 2017, Korea National Insurance Corporation Zweigniederlassung Deutschland, one of the applicants in Case T‑533/15, informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that it wished to discontinue proceedings. It sought no order as to costs.
2 By letters lodged at the Court Registry on 17 and 19 May 2017, respectively, the Commission and the Council, defendants in Cases T‑533/15 and T‑264/16, informed the Court that they did not wish to formulate any objections or any other observations on the application for partial removal of the case from the register. They sought no order as to costs.
3 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 24 May 2017, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, intervener in Case T‑533/15, informed the Court that it did not propose to provide any observations on the application for partial removal of the case from the register.
4 Article 136(4) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, where proceedings are discontinued, if costs are not claimed, the parties are to bear their own costs.
5 Under Article 138(1) of the Rules of Procedure, Member States which have intervened in the proceedings are to bear their own costs.
6 In Case T‑533/15, the applicant Korea National Insurance Corporation Zweigniederlassung Deutschland shall therefore be removed from the register of the General Court, and the parties ordered to bear their own costs as to the proceedings relating to that applicant.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. In Case T‑533/15, the applicant Korea National Insurance Corporation Zweigniederlassung Deutschland is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. Each party shall bear its own costs as far as the proceedings relating to Korea National Insurance Corporation Zweigniederlassung Deutschland are concerned.
Luxembourg, 17 July 2017.
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