CELEX: 62014TA0361
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Case T-361/14: Judgment of the General Court of 5 April 2017 — HB and Others v Commission (Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — Protection of stray animals — Psychological effects on adults and children — Refusal of registration — Manifest lack of powers of the Commission — Article 4(2)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011)

22.5.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 161/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 5 April 2017 — HB and Others v Commission
   (Case T-361/14) (1)
   
   ((Law governing the institutions - European citizens’ initiative - Protection of stray animals - Psychological effects on adults and children - Refusal of registration - Manifest lack of powers of the Commission - Article 4(2)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011))
   (2017/C 161/29)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicants: HB (Linz, Austria) and the six other applicants whose names are set out in the annex to the judgment (represented by: initially C. Kolar, and subsequently by F. Moyse, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Krämer and J. Vondung, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action pursuant to Article 263 TFEU for annulment of Commission Decision C(2014) 2119 final of 26 March 2014 rejecting the request for registration of the proposed citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Ethics for Animals and Kids’
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders HB and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 409, 17.11.2014.