62020CO0207_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‑207/20 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 – New application)
1.
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 – Plea alleging distortion of the facts – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paras 36, 37, 85, 86)
2.
Application for interim relief – Admissibility criteria – Application – Formal requirements – Statement of the pleas establishing a prima facie case for granting the measures sought – Possibility to supplement the information and evidence submitted in the application – Discretion of the Courts of the Union
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3))
(see paras 41-43)
3.
Application for interim relief – Procedure – Whether desirable to hear the parties – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 157(1))
(see para. 52)
4.
Appeal – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d), and 169(2))
(see paras 56-58)
5.
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., Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))
(see paras 72-75)
6.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea directed against a superfluous ground – Invalid plea in law – Rejection
(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paras 89-91)
7.
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 General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 101-103)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed.
2.
Anglo Austrian AAB AG and Belegging-Maatschappij ‘Far-East’ BV shall pay the costs.