Court of Justice of the European Communities (including Court of First Instance Decisions)

ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber)

4 April 2019 (*)

(Procedure — Taxation of costs — Payment of costs by the applicant — No need to adjudicate)

In Case T‑579/17 DEP,

Wall Street Systems UK Ltd, established in London (United Kingdom), represented by A. Csaki, lawyer,

applicant,

v

European Central Bank (ECB), represented by C. Kroppenstedt and I. Koepfer, acting as Agents, and by A. Neun and U. Soltész, lawyers,

defendant,

APPLICATION for taxation of costs further to the order of 4 September 2018, Wall Street Systems UK v ECB (T‑579/17, not published, EU:T:2018:521),

THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber),

composed of V. Tomljenović, President, E. Bieliūnas and A. Kornezov (Rapporteur), Judges,

Registrar: E. Coulon,

makes the following

Order

1        By document lodged at the Court Registry on 18 December 2018 and pursuant to Article 170(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, the European Central Bank (ECB) submitted an application for taxation of costs, by which it claims that the Court should:

–        fix the amount of recoverable costs incurred for the purpose of the main proceedings (Case T‑579/17) and the application for interim measures (Case T‑579/17 R) at EUR 39 226.90 plus EUR 2 644.78 in respect of the costs necessarily incurred for the purposes of the present proceedings for taxation of costs;

–        provide the applicant with an enforceable copy of the decision.

2        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 6 February 2019, the applicant, Wall Street Systems, informed the Court that it had paid the sum of EUR 16 967.88 by way of recoverable costs incurred by the ECB in Cases T‑579/17 and T‑579/17 R, and that the application for taxation of costs submitted by the latter had become devoid of purpose.

3        By a corrigendum lodged at the Court Registry on 11 February 2019, the applicant stated that the amount paid to the ECB was EUR 41 871.68 and not EUR 16 967.88.

4        By letter lodged at the Court Registry on 11 February 2019, the ECB confirmed that the amount of EUR 41 871.68 which was claimed in its application for taxation of costs had been paid to it by the applicant and that, consequently, its application for taxation of costs had become devoid of purpose.

5        In accordance with Article 130 of the Rules of Procedure, having regard to the applicant’s request, referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 above, and to the ECB’s observations, mentioned in paragraph 4 above, and taking into account the reimbursement of costs by the applicant, it must be held that the present application for taxation of costs has become devoid of purpose. It follows that there is no longer any need to adjudicate.

On those grounds,

THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber)

hereby orders:

There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for taxation of costs.

Luxembourg, 4 April 2019.

*      Language of the case: English.

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