62020CJ0364_INF
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 February 2022 –Bernis and Others v SRB
(Case C‑364/20 P) (
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(Appeal – Economic and monetary union – Banking union – Recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms – Single resolution mechanism for credit institutions and certain investment firms (SRM) – Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 – Article 18 – Resolution procedure – Declaration by the European Central Bank (ECB) that an entity is failing or is likely to fail – Decision of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) not to adopt a resolution scheme – Lack of public interest – Winding up in accordance with national law – Shareholders – Lack of direct concern – Inadmissibility)
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Appeals – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 58(1); Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d), and 169)
(see paras 31, 32)
2.
Appeals – Interest in bringing proceedings – Condition – Appeal capable of procuring an advantage for the party bringing it – Admissibility of a request for substitution of grounds amounting to a defence to one of the applicant’s pleas
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 56(2))
(see para. 36)
3.
Appeals – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, para. 1)
(see paras 67, 68)
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Appeals – Grounds – Plea against a ground of the judgment not necessary to support the operative part – Invalid plea in law
(see para. 84)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Mr Ernests Bernis and Mr Oļegs Fiļs, OF Holding SIA and Cassandra Holding Company SIA to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Single Resolution Board;
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Orders the European Central Bank to bear its own costs.
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)	OJ C 320, 28.9.2020.