Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 December 2013 —
Carbunión v Council

(Case T‑176/11)

Action for annulment — State aid — Decision on aid intended to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines — Partial annulment — Non-severability — Inadmissibility

1.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Determination of the subject-matter of the dispute — Modification of the initial pleadings at the stage of observations on the objection of inadmissibility — Not permissible (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 44(1) and 48(2)) (see paras 21, 22, 26, 27)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Subject-matter — Partial annulment — Condition — Severability of the contested provisions — Provisions of a Council decision concerning aid intended to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines — Annulment entailing a modification of the substance of the decision — Requirement not met — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU; Council Regulation No 1407/2002; Council Decision 2010/787) (see paras 31, 32, 36-40, 48, 51)

Re:

APPLICATION for partial suspension of operation of Council Decision 2010/787/EU of 10 December 2010 on State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines (OJ 2010 L 336, p. 24).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. The Federación Nacional de Empresarios de Minas de Carbón (Carbunión) is ordered, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.

3. The European Commission is ordered to bear its own costs.