CELEX: 62016TB0193
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-193/16: Order of the General Court of 28 February 2017 — NG v European Council (Action for annulment — EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016 — Press release — Concept of ‘international agreement’ — Identification of the author of the act — Scope of the act — Meeting of the European Council — Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union held on the premises of the Council of the European Union — Capacity of the representatives of the Member States of the European Union during a meeting with the representative of a third country — First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU — Lack of jurisdiction)

18.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 121/31
            
         Order of the General Court of 28 February 2017 — NG v European Council
   (Case T-193/16) (1)
   
   ((Action for annulment - EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016 - Press release - Concept of ‘international agreement’ - Identification of the author of the act - Scope of the act - Meeting of the European Council - Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the European Union held on the premises of the Council of the European Union - Capacity of the representatives of the Member States of the European Union during a meeting with the representative of a third country - First paragraph of Article 263 TFEU - Lack of jurisdiction))
   (2017/C 121/45)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: NG (represented by: B. Burns, Solicitor, P. O’Shea and I. Whelan, Barristers)
   
      Defendant: European Council (represented by: K. Pleśniak, Á. de Elera-San Miguel Hurtado and S. Boelaert, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application based on Article 263 TFEU and seeking the annulment of an alleged agreement concluded between the European Council and the Republic of Turkey dated 18 March 2016 and entitled ‘EU-Turkey statement, 18 March 2016’.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The action is dismissed on the ground of the Court’s lack of jurisdiction to hear and determine it.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               There is no need to rule on the applications for leave to intervene submitted by NQ, NR, NS, NT, NU and NV, Amnesty International, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Hellenic Republic and the European Commission.
            
         
               3.
            
            
               NG and the European Council shall bear their own costs.
            
         
               4.
            
            
               NQ, NR, NS, NT, NU and NV, Amnesty International, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Hellenic Republic and the Commission shall bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 232, 27.6.2016.