Case T-157/21: Order of the General Court of 18 November 2021 — RG v Council (Action for annulment — Area of freedom, security and justice — Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Euratom, on the one hand, and the United Kingdom, on the other — Council decision on the signing and on provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement — Mechanism of surrender pursuant to an arrest warrant — Person arrested and detained in Ireland after the end of the transition period for the purpose of the execution of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the United Kingdom during the transition period — Act not of individual concern — Non-regulatory act — Inadmissibility)
Date: 2021-11-18
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European arrest warrant, Ireland, United Kingdom, admissibility, arrest, cooperation agreement (EU), interim agreement (EU), signature of an agreement, trade agreement (EU), transitional period (EU)








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24.1.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 37/32






Order of the General Court of 18 November 2021 — RG v Council
(Case T-157/21) (1)

(Action for annulment - Area of freedom, security and justice - Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Euratom, on the one hand, and the United Kingdom, on the other - Council decision on the signing and on provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement - Mechanism of surrender pursuant to an arrest warrant - Person arrested and detained in Ireland after the end of the transition period for the purpose of the execution of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the United Kingdom during the transition period - Act not of individual concern - Non-regulatory act - Inadmissibility)
(2022/C 37/44)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicant: RG (represented by: R. Purcell, Solicitor)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: A. Antoniadis, J. Ciantar and A. Stefanuc, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 263 TFEU for the partial annulment of Council Decision (EU) 2020/2252 of 29 December 2020 on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and on provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information (OJ 2020 L 444, p. 2).

Operative part of the order







1.


The action is dismissed as inadmissible.










2.


There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by Ireland and the European Commission.










3.


RG is ordered to pay, in addition to his own costs, those incurred by the Council of the European Union, with the exception of those relating to the applications for leave to intervene.










4.


RG, the Council, Ireland and the Commission shall each bear their own costs relating to the applications to intervene.






(1)  OJ C 288, 14.6.2021.