Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2025:524
Date: 2025-05-21
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Economic and monetary policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment
Origin: Germany

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paragraph 49) 3. Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Decision of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) establishing the ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Obligation for the SRB to disclose to the institutions concerned the methodology for calculating those contributions and the methodology for setting the amount of the annual target level (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 806/2014; Council Regulation 2015/81, Art. 4; Commission Regulation 2015/63, Art. 4(2) and Annex I) (see paragraphs 64, 65, 68) 4. EU law – Principles – Rights of the defence – Right to be heard – Scope – Online form inviting the credit institutions concerned to submit their observations on the calculation of the ex ante contributions payable to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Whether permissible – Infringement of the right to be heard – None (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(a)) (see paragraphs 73, 81, 83, 84) 5. EU institutions – Exercise of powers – Power conferred on the Commission to adopt delegated acts – Scope – Complex assessments and evaluations – Broad discretion – Determination of the methodology for calculating the ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Application and weighting of the Institutional Protection Scheme (IPS) risk indicator – Judicial review – Limits (Commission Regulation 2015/63, Art. 7(4)) (see paragraphs 97, 99-102, 139-141) 6. Economic and monetary policy – Economic policy – Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms – Ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Calculation of the adjusting multiplier of the contributions according to the risk profile of the credit institutions – Risk indicator regarding the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) not included in the text of the annex to the regulation concerned – Taking that indicator into account because it is indispensable for that calculation – Whether permissible (Commission Regulation 2015/63, Arts 6(2)(a) and 20(1) and Annex II) (see paragraphs 113-122) 7. Economic and monetary policy – Economic policy – Single Resolution Mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms – Ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) – Calculation of the adjusting multiplier of the contributions according to the risk profile of the credit institutions – No infringement of the freedom to conduct a business (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 16; Commission Regulation 2015/63, recital 1 and Art. 7(4)) (see paragraph 175) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale to pay the costs.