62020CO0114_INF
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 17 December 2020 – Anglo Austrian AAB and Belegging-Maatschappij ‘Far-East’ v ECB
(Case C‑114/20 P(R))
(Appeal – Interim order – Economic and monetary policy – Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 – Prudential supervision of credit institutions – Conferral of specific tasks on the European Central Bank (ECB) – Decision to withdraw a credit institution’s authorisation)
1.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see para. 36)
2.
Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted
(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paras 37, 38)
3.
Application for interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Damage foreseeable with a reasonable degree of probability
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paras 45, 49, 50, 56)
4.
Application for interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Serious and irreparable damage – Irreparable nature of the damage – Damage which cannot be quantified – Withdrawal of a credit institution’s authorisation – Precluded
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU)
(see paras 51, 52)
5.
Application for interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3))
(see paras 64, 65)
6.
Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate or contradictory grounds – Scope of the obligation to state reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 119)
(see paras 86, 87)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
Anglo Austrian AAB AG and Belegging-Maatschappij ‘Far-East’ BV shall pay the costs.