22.1.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 22/40

Order of the General Court of 22 November 2017 — Digital Rights Ireland v Commission

(Case T-670/16) (1)

((Action for annulment - Area of freedom, justice and security - Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data - Transfer of personal data to the United States - Not-for-profit company incorporated under Irish law - No protection of personal data for legal persons - Controller - Action in the name of members and supporters - Action in the public interest - Inadmissible))

(2018/C 022/56)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Digital Rights Ireland Ltd (Bennettsbridge, Ireland) (represented by: E. McGarr, Solicitor)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Kranenborg and D. Nardi, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (OJ 2016 L 207, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

1.

The action is inadmissible.

2.

There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene of the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the French Republic, Business Software Alliance (BSA), Microsoft Corporation, La Quadrature du Net, French Data Network, Fédération des Fournisseurs d’Accès à Internet Associatifs and the Union fédérale des consommateurs — Que choisir (UFC — Que choisir).

3.

Digital Rights Ireland Ltd shall pay the costs, with the exception of those relating to the applications to intervene.

4.

The Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the French Republic, BSA, Microsoft Corporation, La Quadrature du Net, French Data Network, Fédération des Fournisseurs d’Accès à Internet Associatifs and UFC — Que choisir shall bear their own respective costs relating to the applications to intervene.

(1)  OJ C 410, 7.11.2016.