Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 9 July 2020 — Czech Republic v European Commission

(Case C-575/18 P) (1)

(Appeal - Own resources of the European Union - Financial liability of the Member States - Request to be released from the obligation to make own resources available - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Letter from the European Commission - Concept of ‘actionable measure’ - Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Effective judicial protection - Action alleging unjust enrichment on the part of the European Union)

(2020/C 287/03)

Language of the case: Czech

Parties

Appellant: Czech Republic (represented by: O. Serdula, J. Vláčil and M. Smolek, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented: initially by M. Owsiany-Hornung and Z. Malůšková, and subsequently by Z. Malůšková and J.-P. Keppenne, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the appellant: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman, C.S. Schillemans, M.L. Noort, M.H.S. Gijzen and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the appeal;

2.	Orders the Czech Republic to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission;

3.	Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 408, 12.11.2018.