Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:79
Date: 2025-01-22
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Economic and monetary policy
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible;Action for damages - inadmissible
Origin: Spain;Luxembourg

Action brought on 8 August 2017 — Waisman and Others v SRB (Case T-527/17) Language of the case: Spanish Parties Applicants: Alejandro Claudio Waisman (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and 158 other applicants (represented by: J. De Castro Martín, M. Azpitarte Sánchez and J. Ruiz de Villa Jubany, lawyers) Defendant: Single Resolution Board Form of order sought The applicants claim that the General Court should: In accordance with Article 263 TFEU, annul the Decision of the Single Resolution Board concerning the Banco Popular Español (SRB/EES/2017/08); In accordance with Article 340(2) TFEU and Article 41(3) of the the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, order SRB to pay to the applicants, at the expense of the Single Resolution Fund established in accordance with Article 67 of Regulation No 806/2014, compensation for the damage caused to the applicants as a direct consequence of the Decision concerning the Banco Popular and the value of which corresponds to the market value of the capital instruments of the banking institution the day preceding (6 June 2017) the implementation of the resolution scheme; in the alternative, in the event that the Court does not uphold the previous claim for compensation, order SRB to pay to the applicants compensation, the value of which corresponds to the difference, which will be determined by the valuation of the independent person laid down in Article 20(16) of Regulation No 806/2014, between the payment in respect of their claims received by the applicants pursuant to the application of the Decision and the amount they would have received under a normal insolvency procedure; Order SRB to pay the costs of these proceedings. Pleas in law and main arguments The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those put forward in Cases T-478/17, Mutualidad de la Abogacía and Hermandad Nacional de Arquitectos Superiores y Químicos v Single Resolution Board, T-481/17, Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno and SFL v Single Resolution Board, T-482/17, Comercial Vascongada Recalde v Commission and Single Resolution Board, T-483/17, García Suárez and Others v Commission and Single Resolution Board, T-484/17, Fidesban and Others v Single Resolution Board, T-497/17, Sáchez del Valle and Calatrava Real State 2015 v Commission and Single Resolution Board, and T-498/17, Pablo Álvarez de Linera Granda v Commission and Single Resolution Board. ____________