Order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 29 June 2006 – Nürburgring v Parliament and Council

(Case T-311/03)

Action for annulment – Directive 2003/33/EC – Advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products – Ban on sponsorship of events or activities concerning more than one Member State – Locus standi – Inadmissibility

Applications for interim measures – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them (Art. 230, fourth para., EC; European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/33, Art. 5(1)) (see paras 42-43, 68-72)

Re:

Operative part

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

2.Orders the applicant to bear its own costs, as well as those of the Parliament and the Council;

3.Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Finland and the Commission, as well as Hockenheim-Ring GmbH and Exploitatie Circuit Park Zandvoort BV, to bear their own costs.