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Case C-117/18 P: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 — PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH v European Commission (Appeal — Internal market in natural gas — Directive 2009/73/EC — Article 32 — Third-party access — Article 41(6), (8) and (10) — Rules on tariffs — Article 36 — Application for an exemption — Rules governing the operation of the OPAL pipeline — National regulatory authority — Exemption decision — Request for modification — European Commission Decision — Action for annulment — Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Admissibility — Decision of no direct concern to the appellant)

OJ C 36, 3.2.2020, p. 4–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

3.2.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/4


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 4 December 2019 — PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH v European Commission

(Case C-117/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - Internal market in natural gas - Directive 2009/73/EC - Article 32 - Third-party access - Article 41(6), (8) and (10) - Rules on tariffs - Article 36 - Application for an exemption - Rules governing the operation of the OPAL pipeline - National regulatory authority - Exemption decision - Request for modification - European Commission Decision - Action for annulment - Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Admissibility - Decision of no direct concern to the appellant)

(2020/C 36/04)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Appellant: PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH (represented by: M. Jeżewski, O. Waluśkiewicz, adwokaci, E. Buczkowska and M. Trepka, radcowie prawni)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann and O. Beynet, acting as Agents),

Intervener in support of the Commission: Federal Republic of Germany (represented initially by T. Henze, and subsequently by J. Möller, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders PGNiG Supply & Trading GmbH to pay its own costs and bear those incurred by the European Commission;

3.

Orders the Federal Republic of Germany to pay its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 161, 7.5.2018.


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