CELEX: 62020TA0647
Language: en
Date: 2022-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-647/20: Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 –Verelst v Council (Law governing the institutions — Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 — Appointment of the European Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Appointment of one of the candidates nominated by Belgium — Rules applicable to the appointment of the European Prosecutors)

14.3.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 119/37
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 –Verelst v Council
      (Case T-647/20) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office - Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 - Appointment of the European Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office - Appointment of one of the candidates nominated by Belgium - Rules applicable to the appointment of the European Prosecutors)
      (2022/C 119/49)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Jean-Michel Verelst (Éghezée, Belgium) (represented by: C. Molitor, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: K. Pleśniak, R. Meyer and K. Kouri, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: C. Pochet, M. Van Regemorter and M. Jacobs, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1117 of 27 July 2020 appointing the European Prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (OJ 2020 L 244, p. 18) in so far as it appoints Mr Yves Van Den Berge as a European Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and rejects the candidacy of the applicant.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Jean-Michel Verelst to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Kingdom of Belgium to bear its own costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 9, 11.1.2021.