Order of the General Court of 16 May 2019 — ITSA v Commission
(Case T-396/18) 1
(Action for annulment — Approximation of laws — Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and related product — Establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products — Delegated Regulation and implementing acts — Lack of direct concern — Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: International Tax Stamp Association Ltd (ITSA) (Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom) (represented by: F. Scanvic, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Rubene and C. Valero, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573 of 15 December 2017 on key elements of data storage contracts to be concluded as part of a traceability system for tobacco products (OJ 2018 L 96, p.1), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products (OJ 2018 L 96, p.7), and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for security features applied to tobacco products (OJ 2018 L 96, p 57).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene of the Council of the European Union.
3. International Tax Stamp Association Ltd (ITSA) shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.
4. The Council shall bear its own costs relating to the application to intervene.
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1 OJ C 352, 1.10.2018.