Order of the General Court of 3 September 2014 — Kėdainių rajono Okainių and Others v Council and Commission

(Case T-386/13) ¹

(Action for annulment — Common Agricultural Policy — Direct support schemes for farmers — Authorisation for granting complementary national direct payments in Lithuania for 2012 — Time limit for bringing an action — Point from which time runs — Inadmissibility — Plea of illegality)

Language of the case: Lithuanian

Parties

Applicant: Kėdainių rajono Okainių ŽŪB (Okainiai, Lithuania) and the 134 other applicants whose names appear in the annex to the order (represented by: I. Vėgėlė, lawyer)

Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by: J. Vaičiukaitė and E. Karlsson, acting as Agents); and European Commission (represented by: H. Kranenborg and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicants: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: D. Kriaučiūnas, K. Vainienė, A. Karbauskas, R. Makelis and K. Anužis, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application seeking, first, the annulment of Commission Implementing Decision C(2012) 4391 final of 2 July 2012 authorising the making of complementary national direct payments in Lithuania for 2012 and, secondly, a declaration of the partial illegality of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ 2009 L 30, p. 16).Operative part of the order1.    The action is dismissed as inadmissible.2.    Kėdainių rajono Okainių ŽŪB and the 134 other applicants appearing in the annex shall, in addition to bearing their own costs, pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.3.     The Republic of Lithuania shall bear its own costs.