Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2025:1103
Date: 2025-12-11
Language of the case: Latvian
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Procedure: Action for damages - unfounded
Origin: Latvia

Order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 December 2025 – Buimisters and Buimistere v ECB (Case T‑133/21) ( Action for damages – Economic and monetary policy – Prudential supervision of credit institutions – Specific supervisory tasks assigned to the ECB – Decision to withdraw a credit institution’s authorisation – Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law) Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals – Institution with a reduced or non-existent discretion – Mere infringement of EU law sufficient (Art. 340, third para., TFEU) (see paragraph 16) Operative part 1. The action is dismissed as manifestly lacking any foundation in law. 2. There is no need to rule on the applications to intervene submitted by the Republic of Latvia and the European Commission. 3. Mr Jegors Buimisters and Ms Aleksandra Buimistere, as heirs of Mr Igors Buimisters, shall bear, in addition to their own costs, those incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB), with the exception of those relating to the applications to intervene. 4. Mr Jegors Buimisters and Ms Aleksandra Buimistere, the ECB, the Republic of Latvia and the Commission shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.