Joined Cases T-133/16 to T-136/16: Judgment of the General Court of 24 April 2018 — Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Alpes Provence and Others v ECB (Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 4(1)(e) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Person effectively directing the business of a credit institution — Article 13(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU and the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 of the French Monetary and Financial Code — Prohibition on combining the role of chairman of the management body of a credit institution in its supervisory function with the role of chief executive officer of the same establishment — Article 88(1)(e) of Directive 2013/36 and Article L. 511-58 of the French Monetary and Financial Code)

Judgment of the General Court of 24 April 2018 — Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Alpes Provence and Others v ECB

(Joined Cases T-133/16 to T-136/16) ( 1 )

‛(Economic and monetary policy — Prudential supervision of credit institutions — Article 4(1)(e) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 — Person effectively directing the business of a credit institution — Article 13(1) of Directive 2013/36/EU and the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 of the French Monetary and Financial Code — Prohibition on combining the role of chairman of the management body of a credit institution in its supervisory function with the role of chief executive officer of the same establishment — Article 88(1)(e) of Directive 2013/36 and Article L. 511-58 of the French Monetary and Financial Code)’

Parties

Applicant in Case T-133/16: Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Alpes Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France) (represented by: P. Mele and H. Savoie, lawyers)

Applicant in Case T-134/16: Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Nord Midi-Pyrénées (Albi, France) (represented by: P. Mele and H. Savoie, lawyers)

Applicant in Case T-135/16: Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres (Saintes, France) (represented by: P. Mele and H. Savoie, lawyers)

Applicant in Case T-136/16: Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Brie Picardie (Amiens, France) (represented by: P. Mele and H. Savoie, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented by: A. Karpf and C. Hernández Saseta, acting as Agents, and by A. Heinzmann, lawyer)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Commission (represented by: V. Di Bucci, K.-P. Wojcik and A. Steiblytė, acting as Agents)

Re:

Actions pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of ECB decisions, respectively,

ECB/SSM/2016-969500TJ5KRTCJQWXH05/98,

ECB/SSM/2016-969500TJ5KRTCJQWXH05/100,

ECB/SSM/2016-969500TJ5KRTCJQWXH05/101 and

ECB/SSM/2016-969500TJ5KRTCJQWXH05/99, of 29 January 2016, adopted pursuant to Article 4(1)(e) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the ECB concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ 2013 L 287, p. 63), Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 of the ECB of 16 April 2014 establishing the framework for cooperation within the Single Supervisory Mechanism between the ECB and national competent authorities and with national designated authorities (SSM Framework Regulation) (OJ 2014 L 141, p. 1) and Articles L. 511-13, L. 511-52, L. 511-58, L. 612-23-1 and R. 612-29-3 of the Code monétaire et financier français (French Monetary and Financial Code).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the actions;

2. Orders the Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Alpes Provence, the Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Nord Midi-Pyrénées, the Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres and the Caisse régionale de crédit agricole mutuel Brie Picardie to bear their own respective costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB).

3. Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

( 1 ) OJ C 175, 17.5.2016.