Order of the General Court of 24 May 2011 - United Kingdom v Commission
(Action for annulment - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - Decision 2010/45/EU - List of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region - Measure not open to challenge - Measure merely confirmatory - Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented by: S. Ossowski, acting as Agent, and by D. Wyatt QC and M. Wood, Barrister)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert and D. Recchia, Agents)
Re:
APPLICATION for partial annulment of Commission Decision 2010/45/EU of 22 December 2009 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, a third updated list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region (OJ 2010 L 30, p. 322) to the extent that it lists the site called 'Estrecho oriental' (under reference ES6120032) as a site of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall pay the costs.
3. There is no need to rule on the Kingdom of Spain's application for leave to intervene.
____________1 - OJ C 113, 1.5.2010.