Order of the General Court of 4 June 2012 - Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann and Others v Commission
(Case T-379/11)
(Action for annulment - Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Allocation of free greenhouse gas emission allowances from 2013 - Commission decision determining the product benchmarks to apply for the calculation of the allocation of emission allowances - Article 263, fourth paragraph TFEU - Lack of individual concern - Regulatory act entailing implementing measures - Inadmissible)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicants: Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (Duisberg, Germany); Rogesa - Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH (Dillingen, Germany); Salzgitter Flachstaht Gmbh (Salzgitter, Germany); ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG (Duisberg); and voestalpine Stahl GmbH (Linz, Austria) (represented by: S. Altenschmidt and C. Dittrich, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wilms, K. Hermann and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2011 L 130, p. 1).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH, Rogesa - Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH, Salzgitter Flachstaht Gmbh, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, and voestalpine Stahl GmbH are ordered to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief.
____________1 - OJ C 269, 10.9.2011.