62020CO0158_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 1 October 2020 – Whitehead and Evans v Council
(Case C‑158/20 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union – UK citizens residing in another EU Member State – 2019 European elections – Request made to Council of the European Union to postpone the European elections – Actions for failure to act – No locus standi – Action dismissed by the General Court as inadmissible – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
1.
Appeal – 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 paragraph 23)
2.
Action for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Actionable omissions – Council failure to take a decision on the postponement of the 2019 European elections – Action brought by UK citizens residing in another EU Member State – No locus standi – Inadmissibility
(Arts 263, fourth paragraph, and 265, third paragraph, TFEU)
(see paragraphs 29-36)
3.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))
(see paragraphs 44-46, 54)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded
2.
Mrs Jean Whitehead and Mr David Evans are ordered to bear their own costs.