CELEX: 62019CA0899
Language: en
Date: 2022-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-899/19 P: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 January 2022 — Romania v European Commission, Hungary (Appeal — Law governing the institutions — Citizens’ initiative — Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 — Article 4(2)(b) — Registration of a proposed citizens’ initiative — Condition requiring that that proposed citizens’ initiative does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the European Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act for the purpose of implementing the Treaties — Decision (EU) 2017/652 — Citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ — Registration in part — Article 5(2) TEU — Principle of conferral — Article 296 TFEU — Obligation to state reasons — Audi alteram partem rule)

14.3.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 119/5
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 January 2022 — Romania v European Commission, Hungary
      (Case C-899/19 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Law governing the institutions - Citizens’ initiative - Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 - Article 4(2)(b) - Registration of a proposed citizens’ initiative - Condition requiring that that proposed citizens’ initiative does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the European Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act for the purpose of implementing the Treaties - Decision (EU) 2017/652 - Citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ - Registration in part - Article 5(2) TEU - Principle of conferral - Article 296 TFEU - Obligation to state reasons - Audi alteram partem rule)
      (2022/C 119/06)
      Language of the case: Romanian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Romania (represented by: E. Gane, L. Liţu, M. Chicu and L. E. Baţagoi, acting as Agents)
      
         Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: initially by I. Martínez del Peral, H. Stancu and H. Krämer, subsequently by I. Martínez del Peral and H. Stancu, acting as Agents, Hungary (represented by: M. Z. Fehér and K. Szíjjártó, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Romania to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Hungary to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 54, 17.2.2020.