T-67/25

ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT 3 March 2025 (*) ( Interim relief – Dismissal of the main action – No need to adjudicate ) In Case T‑67/25 R, Călin Georgescu, residing in Mogoșoaia (Romania), represented by M. Vasii, lawyer, applicant, v Romania, and European Commission, defendants, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT makes the following Order 1        By his application based on Articles 278 and 279 TFEU, the applicant, Mr Călin Georgescu, requests, first, the President of the General Court to compel the Romanian Government to resume the second round of the Romanian presidential elections, in accordance with the applicable national and international legal provisions, second, the suspension of the legal effects of Decision No 32/2024 of the Curtea Constituțională (Constitutional Court, Romania) and, third, the immediate communication of the measures taken to the European Commission (‘the Commission’) and to the European Commission for Democracy through Law. 2        By application lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 27 January 2025, the applicant brought an action on the basis of Articles 263 and 265 TFEU seeking, first, a declaration that the Commission failed to act by not adopting appropriate measures to monitor electoral processes in Romania and to prevent violations of fundamental rights, and, second, a declaration that certain measures adopted by the Romanian authorities are incompatible with EU law. 3        By separate document lodged at the Court Registry on 17 February 2025, the applicant submitted the present application for interim relief. 4        By order of today’s date, Georgescu v Romania and Commission (T‑67/25, not published), the General Court dismissed the action in the main case, on the basis of Article 126 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, in part as manifestly inadmissible and in part on the ground of manifest lack of jurisdiction. 5        Consequently, in view of the ancillary nature of the proceedings for interim relief in relation to the proceedings in the main case, there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the present application for interim relief. 6        In accordance with Article 133 of the Rules of Procedure, a decision as to costs is to be given in the judgment or order which closes the proceedings. Given that, in the order dismissing the action in the main case in part as manifestly inadmissible and in part on the ground of manifest lack of jurisdiction, a ruling was given only on the costs relating to the proceedings in the main case, it is for the judge hearing the application for interim relief to rule on the costs relating to the present application for interim relief. 7        As set out in Article 137 of the Rules of Procedure, where a case does not proceed to judgment, the costs are to be in the discretion of the Court. 8        Since the present order has been adopted before the application for interim relief has been served on Romania and the Commission and before they could have incurred costs, it must be ordered that the applicant bear his own costs. On those grounds, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT hereby orders: 1.      There is no longer any need to rule on the application for interim relief. 2.      Mr Călin Georgescu shall bear his own costs. Luxembourg, 3 March 2025. V. Di Bucci   M. van der Woude Registrar   President *      Language of the case: English.