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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 12 October 2022 –Vasallo Andrés v Parliament
(Case T‑496/21) (
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(Institutional law – Petitions Committee of the Parliament – Petition concerning the disciplinary regime for public employees in Spain – Question not coming within the scope of activity of the European Union – Obligation to state reasons – Conflict of interest – Effect of posting the status of a petition on the Parliament’s Internet petitions portal)
1.
Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Meaning – Measures producing binding legal effects – Decision of the Petitions Committee of the Parliament declaring inadmissible a petition concerning the disciplinary regime for public employees in Spain – Question not coming within the scope of activity of the European Union – Question of legal characterisation – Included
(Arts 227 and 263 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 44; Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, Art. 226(11))
(see paragraphs 8-10, 24, 26)
2.
Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Decision of the Petitions Committee of the Parliament declaring a petition inadmissible – Whether summary statement of reasons sufficient
(Arts 227, 263 and 296 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, Art. 226(11))
(see paragraph 11)
3.
Fundamental rights – Charter of Fundamental Rights – Right to sound administration – Requirement of impartiality – Meaning
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41)
(see paragraphs 21, 22)
4.
Member States – Obligations – Provision of remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection – Observance of the principle of judicial independence – Scope
(Arts 2 and 19(1), second subpara., TEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)
(see paragraphs 30, 42-44)
5.
Acts of the institutions – Statement of reasons – Obligation – Scope – Essential formality distinct from the merits of the decision
(Art. 296 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 52, 53)
6.
Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Similar requirements for submissions made in support of a plea – Abstract statement – Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see paragraph 56)
7.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraph 62)
8.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Claim for a declaratory judgment – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paragraph 63)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mr Ángel Vasallo Andrés to pay the costs.
(
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)	OJ C 422, 18.10.2021.