ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NINTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
14 June 2024 (*)
(Removal from the Register)
In Case T-379/16 DEP,
Basicmed Enterprises Ltd, established in Limassol (Cyprus), and the other applicants whose names are set out in the Annex, (1) represented by P. Tridimas, K. Kakoulli and P. Panayides, lawyers,
applicants,
v
Council of the European Union,
European Commission,
European Central Bank (ECB), represented by G. Várhelyi and A. Koutsoukou, acting as Agents, and by H.-G. Kamann, lawyer,
Eurogroup,
and
European Union,
defendants,
1 By application pursuant to Article 170(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, the defendant, the European Central Bank (ECB), requested the Court to fix the amount of recoverable costs to be reimbursed by the applicants following the order of 30 November 2022, Basicmed Enterprises and Others v Council and Others (T‑379/16, not published, EU:T:2022:770).
2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 14 February 2024, the ECB informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure, that it wished to discontinue proceedings as the parties had reached a settlement as to the costs incurred by the ECB, without further specification of those costs.
3 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 21 February 2024, the applicants confirmed that the parties had reached a settlement of their dispute, without further specification relating to costs.
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 The case shall 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 NINTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. Case T-379/16 DEP is removed from the Register of the General Court.
2. Each party shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 14 June 2024.