62021CO0322_INF
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 February 2022 – Macías Chávez and Others v Parliament and Spain
(Case C‑322/21 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Action for failure to act and for damages – Institutional law – European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions – Petition alleging infringement by the Spanish courts of EU law in the field of fundamental rights – Decision to declare the petition closed – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
1.
Appeals – Grounds – Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded – Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181)
(see para. 24)
2.
Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought by the applicant – Requirement not met – Inadmissibility
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see paras 38, 39)
3.
Appeals – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court – Error of law relied on not identified – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para., Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d) and 169)
(see paras 49, 53, 54)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
Roberto Alejandro Macías Chávez, Fernando Presencia and José María Castillero Oriol shall bear their own costs.