Aquind and Others v Commission

Judgment of the General Court of 8 February 2023 – Aquind and Others v Commission(Case T-295/20) 1(Energy – Trans-European energy infrastructure – Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 – Delegated regulation amending the list of projects of common interest – Second paragraph of Article 172 TFEU – Refusal of a Member State to give its approval to a proposed electricity interconnector with a view to granting the status of a project of common interest – Non-inclusion by the Commission of the project in the amended list – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of good administration – Equal treatment – Legal certainty – Legitimate expectations – Proportionality – Article 10 of the Energy Charter Treaty)Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Aquind Ltd (Wallsend, United Kingdom), Aquind SAS (Rouen, France), Aquind Energy Sàrl (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: S. Goldberg, C. Davis and J. Bille, Solicitors, and by E. White, lawyer)Defendant: European Commission (represented by: O. Beynet and B. De Meester, acting as Agents)Interveners in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: J. Möller and S. Costanzo, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M. Ruiz Sánchez, acting as Agent), French Republic (represented by: A.-L. Desjonquères, A. Daniel, W. Zemamta and R. Bénard, acting as Agents)Re:By their action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants seek annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/389 of 31 October 2019...