Order of the General Court of 4 June 2012 - Eurofer v Commission
(Case T-381/11)
(Action for annulment - Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Free allocation of greenhouse gas emission quotas from 2013 - Commission decision determining the product benchmark to be applied for the calculation of the allocation of emission quotas - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 of the TFEU - Lack of individual concern - Regulatory instrument containing implementation measures - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Europäischer Wirtschaftsverband der Eisen- und Stahlindustrie (Eurofer) ASBL (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: S. Altenschmidt and C. Dittrich, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wilms, K. Herrmann and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, Agents)
Re:
Application for the annulment of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2011 L 130, p. 1).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. There is no need to rule on the application for leave to intervene of Euroalliages.
3. Europäischer Wirtschaftsverband der Eisen- und Stahlindustrie (Eurofer) ASBL is ordered to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief.
____________1 - OJ C 269, 10.9.2011.