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Subject of the case
Operative part

Keywords

Application for interim measures – Suspension of operation of a measure – Conditions for granting – Interest of the applicant in obtaining the suspension – Negative administrative decision – Suspension not capable of changing the applicant’s position – Not included (Art. 278 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 34-35)

2. Application for interim measures – Conditions for admissibility – Link of the measure sought to the pleadings in the main action – Provisional character (Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 104(2)) (see paras 36-39)

3. Application for interim measures – Interim measures – Measure incompatible with the distribution of powers between institutions – Application seeking to enjoin the Commission to apply a possible annulment judgment in the main action in a particular way – Inadmissibility (Arts 266 TFEU and 279 TFEU) (see paras 41-42)

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION (i) for suspension of operation of Decision C(2009) 6121 of 28 July 2009 declaring inadmissible the applicants’ request for review by the Commission of its Decision C(2009) 2560 final of 7 April 2009 granting the Kingdom of the Netherlands a temporary exemption from its obligations in combating ambient air pollution; and (ii) for interim measures requiring the Kingdom of the Netherlands to comply with those obligations at the earliest opportunity.

Operative part

Operative part

1. The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2. Costs are reserved.