Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2021:99
Date: 2021-02-04
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Economic and monetary policy
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Malta

summary of the pleas in law relied on before the General Court – Failure to demonstrate a legal interest in bringing proceedings – Incorrect classification as a preparatory act – Substitution of grounds) 1. Appeal – Grounds – Inadmissibility of the action before the General Court –Question of public policy based on the appellant’s change in representation – Considered of Court’s own motion (see para. 23) 2. Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Interest in bringing proceedings – Need for a vested and present interest – Assessment at the time when the action was brought – Action capable of securing a benefit for the applicant (see para. 25) 3. Appeal – Grounds – Grounds of a judgment vitiated by an infringement of EU law – Operative part well founded for other legal reasons – Rejection (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paras 27, 30-38) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. Pilatus Bank plc is ordered to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 406, 2.12.2019.