CELEX: 62014TA0044
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-44/14: Judgment of the General Court of 19 April 2016 — Costantini and Others v Commission (Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — Social policy — Service of general economic interest — Article 352 TFEU — Refusal of registration — Manifest lack of powers of the Commission — Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 — Principle of good administration — Obligation to state reasons)

6.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 200/19
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 19 April 2016 — Costantini and Others v Commission
   (Case T-44/14) (1)
   
   ((Law governing the institutions - European citizens’ initiative - Social policy - Service of general economic interest - Article 352 TFEU - Refusal of registration - Manifest lack of powers of the Commission - Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 - Principle of good administration - Obligation to state reasons))
   (2016/C 200/27)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: Bruno Costantini (Jesi, Italy), Robert Racke (Lamadelaine, Luxembourg), Pietro Pravata (Beyne-Heusay, Belgium), Zbigniew Gałązka (Łódź, Poland), Justo Santos Domínguez (Leganés, Spain), Maria Isabel Lemos (Mealhada, Portugal), André Clavelou (Vincennes, France), Citizens’ Committee ‘Right to Lifelong Care: Leading a life of dignity and independence is a fundamental right!’ (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: O. Brouwer and J. Wolfhagen, lawyers, and A. Woods, Solicitor)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Krämer, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Application for the annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 7612 final of 5 November 2013 rejecting the request for registration of the proposed European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Right to Lifelong Care: Leading a life of dignity and independence is a fundamental right!’.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Bruno Costantini and the other applicants, whose names are set out in the annex, to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 93, 29.3.2014.