6.5.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 155/3


Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 March 2019 — Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union

(Case C-128/17) (1)

(Action for annulment - Directive (EU) 2016/2284 - Reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants - Adoption of EU legal acts - Functioning of the legislative procedure - Article 4(3) TEU - Principle of cooperation in good faith - Actual exercise of the EU legislature’s powers of discretion - Impact assessment - Sufficient assessment of the effects of the contested act - Article 5(4) TEU - Principle of proportionality - Article 4(2) TEU - Equality of Member States before the Treaties - Article 191(2) TFEU - EU policy on the environment - Account taken of the diversity of the EU regions - Judicial review)

(2019/C 155/03)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, Agent)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: A. Tamás and A. Pospíšilová Padowska, Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Simm, A.-Z. Varfi, K. Adamczyk Delamarre and A. Sikora-Kalėda, Agents)

Interveners in support of the applicant: Hungary (represented by: M.Z. Fehér, G. Koós and E. Tóth, Agents), Romania (represented by: C. Canțăr, R.H. Radu, A. Wellman and M. Chicu, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendants: European Commission (represented by: K. Petersen, K. Herrmann and G. Gattinara, Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union;

3.

Orders Hungary, Romania and the European Commission to bear their own respective costs.


(1)  OJ C 151, 15.5.2017.