Applicants sought to annul Commission decision rejecting part of the German Phase II national allocation plan (NAP). The court dismissed the action as inadmissible because the Applicants were not individually affected. The decision as appeal to the European Court of Justice in Case C-503/07, Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland v. Commission of the European Communities (European Court of Justice, 2008). The Court affirmed the lower court's decision and dismissed the appeal, ruling that the Appellant could not sufficiently demonstrate that it was individually affected by the contested decision.