Order of the General Court of 21 January 2020 — Deutsche Telekom v Parliament and Council

(Case T-161/19) (1)

(Action for annulment - Internal market for electronic communications - Retail price charged to consumers for regulated intra-EU communications - Regulation (EU) 2018/1971 - Legislative act - Applicant not individually concerned - Inadmissibility)

(2020/C 77/72)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Deutsche Telekom AG (Bonn, Germany) (represented by: F. González Díaz, B. Langeheine and J. Blanco Carol, lawyers)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: R. van de Westelaken, M. Peternel and C. Biz, acting as Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: O. Segnana and I. Gurov, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application on the basis of Article 263 TFEU for the partial annulment of Regulation (EU) 2018/1971 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office), amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009 (OJ 2018 L 321, p. 1).

Operative part of the order

1.	The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2.	There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Commission.

3.	Deutsche Telekom AG shall bear its own costs and shall pay the costs incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, with the exception of those relating to the applications to intervene.

4.	Deutsche Telekom, the Parliament, the Council, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Commission shall each bear their own respective costs relating to the applications to intervene.

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(1)  OJ C 172, 20.5.2019.