Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 October 2011 – GS v Parliament and Council

(Case T-149/11)

Action for annulment – Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 – Right of the Member States to refuse the reimbursement of euro coins unfit for circulation – No direct concern – Inadmissible

Actions for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Whether directly concerned – Criteria – Provision of a regulation giving Member States the right to refuse reimbursement of certain euro coins unfit for circulation – Applicant not directly concerned – Inadmissibility (Art. 230, fourth para., EC; Arts 263, fourth para., TFEU and 288, second para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1210/2010) (see paras 18-19, 24-25, 28)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of the second sentence of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation (OJ 2010 L 339, p. 1).

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. GS Gesellschaft für Umwelt- und Energie-Serviceleistungen mbH is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament and by the Council of the European Union.

3. There is no need to adjudicate on the Kingdom of Spain’s application for leave to intervene.