Order of the President of the General Court of 17 December 2009 — Vereniging Milieudefensie and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht v Commission

(Case T-396/09 R)

(Interim measures - Obligation of the Member States to protect and improve ambient air quality - Exemption granted to a Member State - Commission’s refusal to review - Application for suspension of operation of a measure and interim measures - Inadmissibility)

2010/C 37/53

Language of the case: Dutch

Parties

Applicants: Vereniging Milieudefensie (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Stichting Stop Luchtverontreiniging Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands) (represented by: A. van den Biesen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Oliver, W. Roels and A. Alcover San Pedro, Agents)

Re:

Application (i) for suspension of operation of Decision C (2009) 6121 of 28 July 2009 declaring inadmissible the applicants’ request for review by the Commission of its Decision C (2009) 2560 final of 7 April 2009 granting the Kingdom of the Netherlands a temporary exemption from its obligations in combating ambient air pollution; and (ii) for interim measures requiring the Kingdom of the Netherlands to comply with those obligations at the earliest opportunity.

Operative part of the order