Order;Abstract — ECLI:EU:T:2021:347
Date: 2021-06-08
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Citizenship of the Union
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: United Kingdom

Order of the General Court of 8 June 2021 – Silver and Others v Council (Case T-252/20) 1 (Action for annulment – Area of freedom, security and justice – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and from Euratom – Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on withdrawal – United Kingdom nationals – Loss of EU citizenship – Act not of individual concern – Non-regulatory act – Inadmissibility) Language of the case: English Parties Applicants: Joshua Silver (Bicester, United Kingdom) and the six other applicants whose names are set out in the annex (represented by: P. Tridimas, Barrister, D. Harrison and A. von Westernhagen, Solicitors) Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer, R. Meyer and J. Ciantar, acting as Agents) Re: Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking partial annulment of Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 of 30 January 2020 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ 2020 L 29, p. 1). Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene submitted by the European Commission, British in Europe, Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales, European Democracy Lab, ECIT and European Alternatives Ltd. 3. Mr Joshua Silver and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex shall, in addition to bearing their own costs, pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union, with the exception of those relating to the applications to intervene. 4. Mr Silver and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex, the Council, the Commission, British in Europe, Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales, European Democracy Lab, ECIT and European Alternatives Ltd shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene. ____________ 1 OJ C 215, 29.6.2020.