ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE EIGHTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
18 December 2019 (*)
(Intervention — Dismissal — Application lodged after the expiry of the time-limit provided for in the Rules of procedure)
In Case T‑526/19,
Nord Stream 2 AG, established in Zug (Switzerland), represented by L. van den Hende and J. Penz-Evren, lawyers, and by M. Schonberg, Solicitor,
applicant,
v
European Parliament, represented by L. Visaggio, J. Etienne and I. McDowell, acting as Agents,
and
Council of the European Union, represented by A. Lo Monaco, S. Boelaert and K. Pavlaki, acting as Agents,
defendants,
APPLICATION based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of Directive (EU) 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 amending Directive 2009/73/EC of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (OJ 2019 L 117, p.1).
1 By document lodged at the Court Registry on 6 November 2019, the Republic of Latvia applied for leave to intervene in the present proceedings in support of the form of order sought by the defendants.
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 case, the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union referred to in Article 79 of the Rules of Procedure having been published on 9 September 2019, the application to intervene was lodged 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, 135 and 138.
6 As the present order was adopted prior to service of the application to intervene on the parties and before the latter could have incurred costs, it is sufficient to decide that the applicant for leave to intervene must bear its own costs.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE EIGHTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. The application to intervene in Case T‑526/19 lodged by the Republic of Latvia is dismissed.
2. The Republic of Latvia shall bear its own costs.
Luxembourg, 18 December 2019.