CELEX: 62019TA0611
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-611/19: Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2021 — Iniciativa ‘Derecho de la UE, derechos de las minorías y democratización de las instituciones españolas’ v Commission (Institutional law — European citizens’ initiative — ‘EU law, minority rights and democratisation of Spanish institutions’ — New EU framework to strengthen the rule of law — Refusal of registration — Manifest lack of powers of the Commission — No invitation to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union — Article 4(2) and Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 — Obligation to state reasons — Article 296 TFEU)

26.7.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/37
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 9 June 2021 — Iniciativa ‘Derecho de la UE, derechos de las minorías y democratización de las instituciones españolas’ v Commission
      (Case T-611/19) (1)
      
      (Institutional law - European citizens’ initiative - ‘EU law, minority rights and democratisation of Spanish institutions’ - New EU framework to strengthen the rule of law - Refusal of registration - Manifest lack of powers of the Commission - No invitation to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union - Article 4(2) and Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 296 TFEU)
      (2021/C 297/44)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Citizens’ committee of the initiative ‘Derecho de la UE, derechos de las minorías y democratización de las instituciones españolas’ (represented by: G. Boye, I. Elbal Sánchez, E. Valcuende Sillero and I. González Martínez, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Martínez del Peral, acting as Agent)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: S. Centeno Huerta, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2019/1182 of 3 July 2019 on the proposed citizens’ initiative entitled ‘EU law, minority rights and democratisation of Spanish institutions’ (OJ 2019 L 185, p. 46).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the citizens’ committee of the initiative ‘Derecho de la UE, derechos de las minorías y democratización de las instituciones españolas’ to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 363, 28.10.2019.