Action brought on 28 September 2023 — BNetzA v ACER

(Case T-600/23)

(C/2023/674)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen (BNetzA) (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: U. Karpenstein and K. Reiter, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on one plea in law, alleging that the Board of Appeal erred in law by confirming the mechanism imposed by common coordinated capacity calculation methodologies. That mechanism is unlawful, since it makes it impossible or, at least more difficult than provided by the law, to apply capacity calculation to internal network elements. This is contrary to Articles 14 to 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222, (2) as a literal, historical, systematic and purposive readings show. An interpretation of Articles 14 to 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 in the light of EU primary law confirms this result.

(1)  Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the internal market for electricity (OJ 2019 L 158, p. 54).

(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 of 24 July 2015 establishing a guideline on capacity allocation and congestion management (OJ 2015 L 197, p. 24).