62020TO0032_INF
Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 November 2020 –Buxadé Villalba and Others v Parliament
(Case T‑32/20)
(Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – Member of the Parliament – Acknowledgement by the Parliament of the election as Members of the European Parliament of two Spanish elected representatives – Locus standi of three other Members of the European Parliament – Lack of individual concern – Application for a declaratory judgment – Action partly inadmissible and partly brought before a court that is manifestly incompetent to hear it)
1.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Concept of a regulatory act – Any act of general scope other than legislative acts – Decision of the European Parliament acknowledging the election of two individuals identified by name as Members of the European Parliament – Not included
(see paras 24-30)
2.
Action for annulment – Application brought by the natural or legal person to whom the contested measure is addressed – Notion of addressee – Individual not designated in the act – Not included
(Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU)
(see paras 32-38)
3.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Statement by the President of the European Parliament made in plenary sitting and posted on the institution’s website – Applicants not individually concerned – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU)
(see para. 39)
4.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Whether directly concerned – Criteria – Decision of the European Parliament acknowledging the election of two individuals identified by name as Members of the European Parliament – Direct concern of the other Spanish elected representatives – Lack
(Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU)
(see paras 41, 42, 47-51)
5.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Conditions cumulative in nature – Inadmissibility of the action where just one of those conditions not met
(Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU)
(see para. 43)
6.
Fundamental rights – Right to effective judicial protection – Review of legality of EU measures – Procedures – Protection of that right by the EU judicature or by the national courts according to the legal nature of the contested measure – Possibility of using an annulment action or reference for a preliminary ruling on validity
(Art. 6(1) TEU; Art. 263, fourth para. TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 52(7))
(see paras 53, 54)
7.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Claim for a declaratory judgment – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see para. 64)
8.
Action for annulment – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution – Inadmissibility
(Art. 266 TFEU)
(see para. 68)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the Parliament’s acknowledgment of the election as Members of the European Parliament of Mr Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Mr Antoni Comín i Oliveres, announced by the President of the Parliament at the plenary sitting of 13 January 2020.
Operative part
1.
Dismisses the action as partly inadmissible and as partly brought before a court that is manifestly incompetent to hear it.
2.
Declares that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications to intervene of the Kingdom of Spain and of Mr Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Mr Antoni Comín i Oliveres.
3.
Orders Mr Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Mr Hermann Tertsch Del Valle-Lersundi and Ms María Esperanza Araceli Aguilar Pinar to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament.
4.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain, Mr Puigdemont i Casamajó and Mr Comín i Oliveres to bear the costs relating to their respective applications to intervene.