ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE TENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
30 September 2021 (*)
[Text rectified by order of 26 November 2021]
(Partial removal from the register)
In Case T-730/19,
PNB Banka AS, established in Riga (Latvia) and Others, represented by O. Behrends, lawyer,
applicants,
v
European Central Bank, represented by E. Koupepidou, A. Lefterov and F. Bonnard, acting as Agents,
defendant,
APPLICATION under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the European Central Bank (ECB)’s decision of 15 August 2019 finding that the condition that the entity is failing or is likely to fail, laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (OJ 2014 L 225, p. 1), was satisfied in the case of the applicant PNB Banka.
1 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 11 June 2021, the applicants PNB Banka AS, HG, HH, HI, HJ, HL, HM, HN and HO informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that they wished to discontinue proceedings. They sought no order as to costs.
2 By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 30 August 2021, the ECB informed the Court that it took note of the partial discontinuance and requested, pursuant to Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure, that the withdrawing applicants be ordered to pay their own costs and those incurred by the ECB.
3 Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the other party’s observations on the discontinuance.
4 Accordingly, the names of the applicants PNB Banka AS, HG, HH, HI, HJ, HL, HM, HN and HO shall be removed from the register and those withdrawing applicants ordered to bear their own costs and those incurred by the ECB.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE TENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
1. The names of the applicants PNB Banka AS, HG, HH, HI, HJ, HL, HM, HN and HO are removed from the register of the General Court.
2. PNB Banka, HG, HH, HI, HJ, HL, HM, HN and HO shall bear their own costs and those incurred by the European Central Bank.
Luxembourg, 30 September 2021.