CELEX: 62019TN0027
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-27/19: Action brought on 15 January 2019 — Pilatus Bank and Pilatus Holding v ECB

25.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/47
            
         
      Action brought on 15 January 2019 — Pilatus Bank and Pilatus Holding v ECB
      (Case T-27/19)
      (2019/C 72/60)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicants: Pilatus Bank plc (Ta’Xbiex, Malta) and Pilatus Holding ltd. (Ta’Xbiex) (represented by: O. Behrends, L. Feddern and M. Kirchner, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Central Bank
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicants claim that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the ECB’s decisions dated 2 November 2018 and send to Pilatus Bank plc. on 5 November 2018 regarding the withdrawal of the banking license of Pilatus Bank;
               
            
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                  order the Defendant to pay all costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      In support of the action, the applicants rely on eleven pleas in law.
      
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                  First plea in law, alleging that the ECB has failed to assume its responsibilities pursuant to Art. 14(5) of the SSM Regulation. (1)
                  
               
            
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                  Second plea in law, alleging that the ECB erroneously assumed a legal ground for a license withdrawal.
               
            
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                  Third plea in law, alleging that the ECB failed to consider appropriately the discretionary nature of the decision.
               
            
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                  Fourth plea in law, alleging that the ECB failed to assess the relevant facts and failed to do so impartially and objectively.
               
            
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                  Fifth plea in law, alleging that the ECB violated the principle of proportionality.
               
            
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                  Sixth plea in law, alleging that the ECB violated the nemo auditur principle.
               
            
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                  Seventh plea in law, alleging that the ECB erred in law with respect to its considerations in connection with the presumption of innocence.
               
            
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                  Eighth plea in law, alleging that the ECB violated the principal of equal treatment and acted in a discriminatory manner.
               
            
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                  Ninth plea in law, alleging that the ECB violated Art. 19 and Recital 75 SSM Regulation and committed a détournement de pouvoir.
               
            
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                  Tenth plea in law, alleging that the ECB violated the Applicants’ right of defence and their right to be heard.
               
            
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                  Eleventh plea in law, alleging that the ECB failed to provide an adequately reasoned decision.
               
            
         (1)  Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions.