Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 25 June 2007 – Drax Power and Others v Commission

(Case T-130/06)

Action for annulment – Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading – Proposed amendment to national allocation plan – Refusal by the Commission – Inadmissibility

Actions for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria (Art. 230 EC; European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/87, Arts 9(1) and (3), and 11(1)) (see paras 48, 56-58)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2006) 426 final of 22 February 2006 concerning the proposed amendment to the national allocation plan for the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances notified by the United Kingdom in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the application as inadmissible;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the Commission.