Order of the General Court of 3 November 2021 – Aurubis v Commission

(Case T-729/20) ¹

(Action for annulment – Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – Greenhouse gases – Allocation of emission allowances – Request to transfer emission certificates to Germany – Request made in the context of national proceedings for interim relief aimed at guaranteeing the effectiveness of the preliminary ruling procedure in Case C-271/20 – Commission refusal decision – Locus standi – Lack of individual concern – Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Aurubis AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: S. Altenschmidt and J. Hoss, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. De Meester and G. Wils, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the Commission’s letter of 8 December 2020 refusing the request of the Deutsche Emissionshandelsstelle (German Emissions Trading Authority) to transfer, as a protective measure, to the national holding account of the Federal Republic of Germany or, in the alternative, to the applicant’s operator holding account, by 31 December 2020 at the latest, a number of greenhouse gas emission allowances corresponding to the number of additional allowances covered by the application filed by the applicant with the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Administrative Court, Berlin, Germany) for the free allocation of emission allowances for the third greenhouse gas emission allowance trading period.

Operative part of the order

1.    The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.    Aurubis AG shall pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim relief.

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¹     OJ C 44, 8.2.2021.