ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIFTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
10 December 2013 (1)
(Removal from the register)
In Case T-153/13,
Et Solar Industry Ltd,
Et Energy Co. Ltd,
Dotec Electric Co. Ltd,
established in Taizhou (China), represented by R. MacLean, Solicitor,
applicants,
v
European Commission, represented by J.-F. Brakeland and T. Maxian Rusche, acting as Agents,
defendant,
ACTION for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 3 January 2013 concerning anti‑dumping proceedings in relation to imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (cells and wafers) originating in the People’s Republic of China.
1 By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 25 November 2013, the applicants informed the Court in accordance with Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure that they wished to discontinue proceedings and requested, pursuant to Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure, that the parties be ordered to bear their own costs.
2 By letter lodged at the Registry of the Court on 28 November 2013, the defendant informed the Court that it had no observations on the application for discontinuance and requested, pursuant to Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure, that the applicants be ordered to pay the costs.
3 By document lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 23 May 2013, the Council of the European Union applied for leave to intervene in the present proceedings in support of the form of order sought by the defendant.
4 By document lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 30 May 2013, the European Parliament applied for leave to intervene in the present proceedings in support of the form of order sought by the defendant.
5 The first subparagraph of Article 87(5) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings shall be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the observations of the other party on the discontinuance. In the present case, the applicants shall bear their own costs and the costs incurred by the defendant.
6 The case will therefore be removed from the register and the applicants ordered to pay the costs.
7 In those circumstances, there is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene lodged by the Council of the European Union and by the European Parliament.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIFTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T-153/13 is removed from the register of the General Court.
2. There is no need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene lodged by the Council of the European Union and by the European Parliament.
3.
4. The applicants shall bear their own costs and the costs incurred by the defendant.
Luxembourg, 10 December 2013.