Papouis Dairies and Others v Commission (register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications - Partial removal from the Register) - Order) [2023] EUECJ T-361/21_CO (25 April 2023)


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ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE TENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT

25 April 2023 (*)

(Partial removal from the Register)

In Case T-361/21,

Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou, established in Nicosia (Cyprus), and the other applicants whose names are set out in the Annex, (1) represented by N. Korogiannakis, lawyer,

applicants,

v

European Commission, represented by M. Konstantinidis, B. Hofstötter and B. Rechena, acting as Agents,

defendant,

supported by

Republic of Cyprus, represented by E. Zachariadou, I. Neophytou and E. Symeonidou, acting as Agents, and by T. Georgopoulos, lawyer,

intervener,


 

1        By their action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicants, Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou and Others, seek the annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/591 of 12 April 2021 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ['Χαλλούμι' (Halloumi)/'Hellim' (PDO)] (OJ 2021, L 125, p. 42).

2        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 9 March 2023, the applicants, Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou, Charalambides Christis LTD, Dodoni Dairy Products (Cyprus) LTD, Tyrokomeio Adelfoi Pantziaroy LTD, Petrou Bros Dairy Products LTD and A. Chatzipieris LTD, informed the Court, in accordance with Article 125 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that they wished to discontinue proceedings. They sought no order as to costs.

3        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 28 March 2023, the defendant informed the Court that it had no observations to make on the application for partial discontinuance and requested the applicants which withdraw their application are ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings that correspond to them.

4        Article 136(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that a party who discontinues or withdraws from proceedings is to be ordered to pay the costs if they have been applied for in the other party’s observations on the discontinuance. In the present case, the defendant, in its observations on the withdrawal, concluded that the applicants Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou, Charalambides Christis LTD, Dodoni Dairy Products (Cyprus) LTD, Tyrokomeio Adelfoi Pantziaroy LTD, Petrou Bros Dairy Products LTD and A. Chatzipieris LTD should be ordered to pay the costs.

5        Article 138(1) of the Rules of Procedure provides that the Member States which have intervened in the proceedings shall bear their own costs.

6        Accordingly, the applicant’s names, Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou, Charalambides Christis LTD, Dodoni Dairy Products (Cyprus) LTD, Tyrokomeio Adelfoi Pantziaroy LTD, Petrou Bros Dairy Products LTD and A. Chatzipieris LTD, must be removed from the list of applicants and these applicants shall be ordered to pay the costs.

7        The Republic of Cyprus shall bear its own costs.

On those grounds,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE TENTH CHAMBER OF THE GENERAL COURT

hereby orders:

1.      The names of the applicants Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou, Charalambides Christis LTD, Dodoni Dairy Products (Cyprus) LTD, Tyrokomeio Adelfoi Pantziaroy LTD, Petrou Bros Dairy Products LTD and A. Chatzipieris LTD are removed from the list of applicants in Case T-361/21.


2.      Syndesmos Tyrokomon Kyprou, Charalambides Christis LTD, Dodoni Dairy Products (Cyprus) LTD, Tyrokomeio Adelfoi Pantziaroy LTD, Petrou Bros Dairy Products LTD and A. Chatzipieris LTD shall pay the costs.

3.      The Republic of Cyprus shall bear its own costs.

Luxembourg, 25 April 2023.

E. Coulon

 

O. Porchia

Registrar

 

President


* Language of the case: English.


1 The list of the other applicants is annexed only to the version sent to the parties.

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