14.3.2022 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 119/45 |
Order of the General Court of 14 December 2021 — McCord v Commission
(Cases T-161/21 and T-161/21 AJ I) (1)
(Action for annulment - Action for failure to act - Draft Commission regulation making the exportation of certain products outside the European Union subject to the production of an export authorisation - Commission proposal to make the exportation of COVID-19 vaccines to Northern Ireland subject to the production of an export authorisation pursuant to Article 16 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community - Absence of a published policy of the circumstances in which the European Union will trigger Article 16 of that protocol - Manifest inadmissibility in part - Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(2022/C 119/63)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Raymond Irvine McCord (Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (represented by: C. O’Hare, Solicitor)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Krämer and F. Ronkes Agerbeek, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application, first, under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the draft Commission regulation of 29 January 2021 intended, inter alia, to make the exportation of COVID-19 vaccines to Northern Ireland subject to the production of an export authorisation pursuant to Article 16 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ 2020 L 29, p. 7), and of the Commission’s decision not to have published a policy on the circumstances in which it will trigger Article 16 of that protocol and, secondly, application under Article 265 TFEU for a declaration that the Commission unlawfully failed to adopt and publish such a policy.
Operative part of the order
1. |
The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible and manifestly lacking any foundation in law. |
2. |
The application for legal aid is dismissed. |
3. |
Mr Raymond Irvine McCord shall pay the costs. |