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27.3.2023 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 112/30 |
Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2023 — Aquind and Others v Commission
(Case T-295/20) (1)
(Energy - Trans-European energy infrastructure - Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 - Delegated regulation amending the list of projects of common interest - Second paragraph of Article 172 TFEU - Refusal of a Member State to give its approval to a proposed electricity interconnector with a view to granting the status of a project of common interest - Non-inclusion by the Commission of the project in the amended list - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of good administration - Equal treatment - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Article 10 of the Energy Charter Treaty)
(2023/C 112/38)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicants: Aquind Ltd (Wallsend, United Kingdom), Aquind SAS (Rouen, France), Aquind Energy Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: S. Goldberg, C. Davis and J. Bille, Solicitors, and by E. White, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet and B. De Meester, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M. Ruiz Sánchez, acting as Agent), French Republic (represented by: A.-L. Desjonquères, A. Daniel, W. Zemamta and R. Bénard, acting as Agents)
Re:
By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/389 of 31 October 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest (OJ 2020 L 74, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Aquind Ltd, Aquind SAS and Aquind Energy Sàrl to pay the costs; |
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Orders the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain and the French Republic each to bear their own costs. |