ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SECOND CHAMBER (EXTENDED COMPOSITION) OF THE GENERAL COURT
21 December 2021 (*)
(Intervention – Dismissal – Application lodged after the expiry of the time-limit provided for in the Rules of procedure)
In Case T-263/16 RENV,
Magnetrol International, established in Zele (Netherlands), represented by H. Gilliams and L. Goossens, lawyers,
applicant,
v
European Commission, represented by P.-J. Loewenthal and F. Tomat, acting as Agents,
defendant,
APPLICATION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1699 of 11 January 2016 on the excess profit exemption State aid scheme SA.37667 (2015/C) (ex 2015/NN) implemented by Belgium (OJ 2016 L 260, p. 61),
1 By document lodged at the Court Registry on 7 December 2021, Vinventions SA applied for leave to intervene in the present proceedings in support of the form of order sought by the applicant.
2 In accordance with Article 143(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, an application to intervene must be submitted within six weeks of the publication of the notice referred to in Article 79 thereof.
3 In the present proceedings, the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union referred to in Article 79 of the Rules of Procedure having been published on 1 August 2016, the application to intervene was made after the expiry of the time-limit of six weeks referred to in Article 143(1) of the Rules of Procedure, as extended on the account of distance under Article 60 thereof.
4 The application to intervene must therefore be dismissed without being served on the parties.
Costs
5 Under Article 144(6) of the Rules of Procedure, if the application to intervene is refused, the order must include a decision as to the costs relating to the application to intervene, including the costs of the applicant for leave to intervene, pursuant to Articles 134 and 135.
6 As the present order was adopted prior to service of the application for leave to intervene on the parties and before the latter could have incurred costs, it is sufficient to decide that the applicant to intervene must bear its own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER (EXTENDED COMPOSITION) OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. The application for leave to intervene in Case T‑263/16 RENV lodged by Vinventions SA is dismissed.
2. Vinventions shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 21 December 2021.