5.12.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 463/45


Order of the General Court of 15 September 2022 — European Paper Packaging Alliance v Commission

(Case T-518/21) (1)

(Action for annulment - Environment - Commission Guidelines on single-use plastic products - Directive (EU) 2019/904 - Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment - Act not open to challenge - Inadmissibility)

(2022/C 463/65)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: European Paper Packaging Alliance (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented by: F. Di Gianni and A. Scalini, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Haasbeek, acting as Agent)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of points 2.1.2 and 2.2.1 and of Tables 4-2 and 4-8 of the Commission guidelines on single-use plastic products in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (OJ 2021 C 216, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

1.

The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.

There is no need to rule on the applications to intervene made by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.

3.

The European Paper Packaging Alliance shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Commission except those relating to the applications to intervene.

4.

The European Paper Packaging Alliance, the Commission, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Parliament and the Council shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.


(1)  OJ C 431, 25.10.2021.