30.8.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 223/40


Order of the Court of First Instance of 14 July 2008 — Espinosa Labella and Others v Commission

(Case T-322/06) (1)

(Action for annulment - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - Decision 2006/613/EC - List of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region - Challengeable act - Lack of direct effect - Inadmissible)

(2008/C 223/68)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Manuel José Espinosa Labella (Almería, Spain); Josefa Labella Dávalos (Almería); María Pilar Espinosa Labella (Almería); María José Espinosa Labella (Almería); Tomasa Peñuela Ortiz (Almería); Tomás Espinosa Peñuela (Almería); Francisco José Espinosa Peñuela (Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain); Juan Manuel Espinosa Peñuela (Madrid, Espagne); María Lourdes Espinosa Peñuela (Almería); Adela Espinosa Peñuela (Almería); Jorge Jesús Espinosa Peñuela (Almería) and the heirs of de Rafael Espinosa Peñuela (Almería) (represented by: M.J. Rovira Daudí, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: A. Alcover San Pedro and D. Recchia, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: F. Díez Moreno, abogado del Estado)

Re:

Partial annulment of Commission Decision 2006/613/EC of 19 July 2006 adopting, pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC, the list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region (OJ 2006 L 259, p. 1), in so far as it declares the site designated as ‘Artos de El Ejido’, which includes lands belonging to the applicants, to be a site of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region.

Operative part of the order

1.

The action is dismissed as inadmissible;

2.

Manuel José Espinosa Labella, Josefa Labella Dávalos, María Pilar Espinosa Labella, María José Espinosa Labella, Tomasa Peñuela Ortiz, Tomás Espinosa Peñuela, Francisco José Espinosa Peñuela, Juan Manuel Espinosa Peñuela, María Lourdes Espinosa Peñuela, Adela Espinosa Peñuela; Jorge Jesús Espinosa Peñuela and the heirs of Rafael Espinosa Peñuela are ordered to bear their own costs and to pay those of the Commission;

3.

The Kingdom of Spain is ordered to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.