2.8.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 310/18

Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza Chłodnictwa i Klimatyzacji v Commission

(Case T-126/19) ( 1 )

(Environment - Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 - Fluorinated greenhouse gases - Allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market - Plea of illegality - Article 16 of Regulation No 517/2014 and Annexes V and VI thereto - Principle of non-discrimination - Obligation to state reasons)

(2021/C 310/21)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza Chłodnictwa i Klimatyzacji (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: A. Galos, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland, A. Becker, K. Herrmann and M. Jáuregui Gómez, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant : European Parliament (represented by: L. Visaggio, A. Tamás and W. Kuzmienko, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by: K. Michoel and I. Tchórzewska, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the Commission’s decision of 11 December 2018 allocating the applicant a quota of 4 096 tonnes of CO 2 equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons for 2019.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza Chłodnictwa i Klimatyzacji to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.Orders the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to bear their own costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 148, 29.4.2019 .