Case C-84/20 P: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 October 2020 — Archimandritis Sarantis Sarantos, Protopresvyteros Ioannis Fotopoulos, Protopresvyteros Antonios Bousdekis, Protopresvyteros Vasileios Kokolakis, Estia Paterikon Meleton, Christos Papasotiriou, Charalampos Andralis v European Parliament, Council of the European Union (Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court — EU citizenship — Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement — Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 — Action for annulment — Legal standing — Lack of individual concern — Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Obligation for a party to be represented by a lawyer — Applicant, also a lawyer, acting in his own name by signing the application himself, without engaging the services of a third-party lawyer to represent him — Appeal manifestly unfounded)
Date: 2020-10-28
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: European citizenship, family, free movement of persons, freedom of movement, identity document, lawyer, residence permit








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8.2.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 44/12






Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 October 2020 — Archimandritis Sarantis Sarantos, Protopresvyteros Ioannis Fotopoulos, Protopresvyteros Antonios Bousdekis, Protopresvyteros Vasileios Kokolakis, Estia Paterikon Meleton, Christos Papasotiriou, Charalampos Andralis v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Case C-84/20 P) (1)

(Appeal - Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - EU citizenship - Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement - Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 - Action for annulment - Legal standing - Lack of individual concern - Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union - Obligation for a party to be represented by a lawyer - Applicant, also a lawyer, acting in his own name by signing the application himself, without engaging the services of a third-party lawyer to represent him - Appeal manifestly unfounded)
(2021/C 44/17)
Language of the case: Greek

Parties


Appellants: Archimandritis Sarantis Sarantos, Protopresvyteros Ioannis Fotopoulos, Protopresvyteros Antonios Bousdekis, Protopresvyteros Vasileios Kokolakis, Estia Paterikon Meleton, Christos Papasotiriou, Charalampos Andralis (represented by: C. Papasotiriou, dikigoros)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Parliament, Council of the European Union

Operative part of the order

The Court:






1.


Dismisses the appeal brought by Mr Christos Papasotirou as inadmissible;










2.


Dismisses the appeal brought by Mr Sarantis Sarantos, Mr Ioannis Fotopoulos, Mr Antonios Bousdekis, Mr Vasileios Kokolakis, Mr Estia Paterikon Meleton and Mr Charalampos Andralis as manifestly unfounded;










3.


Orders Mr Sarantis Sarantos, Mr Ioannis Fotopoulos, Mr Antonios Bousdekis, Mr Vasileios Kokolakis, Mr Estia Paterikon Meleton, Mr Christos Papasotirou and Mr Charalampos Andralis to pay their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 161, 11.5.2020.