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. |