Official Journal of the European Union

C 378/25

(Case T-626/17) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)

(Agriculture - Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 - Designations of origin in the wine sector - Wine labelling - Use of the name of a wine grape variety which contains or consists of a protected designation of origin - Prohibition - Derogation - Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 - Inclusion of the name of the wine grape variety ‘teran’ in the list set out in Part A of Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 - Retroactive effect from the date of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union - Slovenian protected designation of origin ‘Teran’ - Legal certainty - Legitimate expectations - Proportionality - Right to property - Act concerning the conditions of accession of Croatia to the European Union - Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making - Institutional balance)

(2020/C 378/29)

Language of the case: Slovenian

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Slovenia (represented by: V. Klemenc and T. Mihelič Žitko, acting as Agents, and by R. Knaak, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: B. Eggers, I. Galindo Martín and B. Rous Demiri, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Croatia (represented by: G. Vidović Mesarek, acting as Agent, and by I. Ćuk, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1353 of 19 May 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 607/2009 as regards the wine grape varieties and their synonyms that may appear on wine labels (OJ 2017 L 190, p. 5).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the application;

2.Orders the Republic of Slovenia to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the European Commission;

3.Orders the Republic of Croatia to bear its own costs.

(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 392, 20.11.2017.