Corte di giustizia UE/2019

[OSCURATO:PERSONA]-[OSCURATO:PERSONA] 4 April 2019 ( * ) (Taxation of costs) [OSCURATO:PERSONA] C‑576/17 P(R)-DEP, APPLICATION for taxation of recoverable costs under Article 145 of the Rules of Procedure of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of Justice, made on 18 December 2018, [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (ECB), represented by C. Kroppenstedt and I. Koepfer, acting as Agents, and by U. Soltész and A. Neun, Rechtsanwälte, applicant, v [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK Ltd, established in London ([OSCURATO:PERSONA]), represented by A. Csaki, Rechtsanwalt, defendant, [OSCURATO:PERSONA]-[OSCURATO:PERSONA], after hearing the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], M. Szpunar, makes the following [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 1 The present case concerns the taxation of costs incurred by the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] (ECB) in [OSCURATO:PERSONA] C‑576/17 P(R). 2 By its appeal, brought on 29 September 2017, [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK Ltd, under Article 56 of the Statute of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of Justice of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA], requested the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] to set aside the order of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA]-[OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of 26 September 2017, [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK v ECB (T‑579/17 R, not published, EU:T:2017:668), by which the [OSCURATO:PERSONA]-[OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] dismissed its application for suspension of operation of the decision of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the ECB of 17 August 2017 rejecting its appeal against the ECB’s decision rejecting its tender in the context of tendering procedure 2016/S 093-165651 for the conclusion of a framework agreement concerning the provision of a treasury management system and support services. 3 By order of 22 March 2018, [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK v ECB (C‑576/17 P(R), not published, EU:C:2018:208), the [OSCURATO:PERSONA]-[OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] of Justice dismissed that appeal and ordered [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK to pay the costs. 4 No agreement having been reached between the ECB and [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK as to the amount of costs to be recovered, the ECB made the present application. Arguments of the parties 5 The ECB requests the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] to fix the amount of the costs to be recovered at EUR 14 323.10, in respect of the appeal proceedings, and at EUR 2 644.78 in respect of the present proceedings. 6 By a letter of 6 February 2019, [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK informed the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] that it had paid the amounts claimed by the ECB and submitted that, therefore, the present proceedings for taxation of costs had become devoid of purpose. 7 By a letter of 11 February 2019, the ECB informed the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] that the total amount of EUR 16 967.88 as claimed in its application had been paid to it, and that therefore the present proceedings must be considered to be resolved and there is no longer any need for taxation of the costs incurred both in the present proceedings and in the appeal proceedings. Findings of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] 8 It must be held that, following the payment by [OSCURATO:PERSONA] UK of the costs claimed by the ECB in respect of the appeal proceedings and the present proceedings, the application for taxation of the ECB’s recoverable costs has become devoid of purpose. 9 There is therefore no need to adjudicate on this application. On those grounds, the [OSCURATO:PERSONA]-[OSCURATO:PERSONA] of the [OSCURATO:PERSONA] hereby orders: There is no need to adjudicate on the application for taxation of costs in [OSCURATO:PERSONA] C ‑ 576/17 P(R)-DEP. Luxembourg, 4 April 2019. A. [OSCURATO:PERSONA] R. Silva de [OSCURATO:PERSONA][OSCURATO:PERSONA] * Language of the case: English.