CELEX: 62017TA0391
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-391/17: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Romania v Commission (Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — Protection of national and linguistic minorities — Strengthening of cultural and linguistic diversity — Registration in part — Principle of conferral — Commission not manifestly lacking legislative powers — Obligation to state reasons — Article 5(2) TEU — Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 — Article 296 TFEU)

9.12.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 413/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Romania v Commission
      (Case T-391/17) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - European citizens’ initiative - Protection of national and linguistic minorities - Strengthening of cultural and linguistic diversity - Registration in part - Principle of conferral - Commission not manifestly lacking legislative powers - Obligation to state reasons - Article 5(2) TEU - Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 - Article 296 TFEU)
      (2019/C 413/50)
      Language of the case: Romanian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Romania (represented initially by: R. Radu, C.-M. Florescu, E. Gane and L. Lițu, and subsequently by Florescu, Gane, Lițu and C.-R. Canțăr, acting as Agents)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Krämer, L. Radu Bouyon and H. Stancu, acting as Agents)
      
         Intervener in support of the defendant: Hungary (represented by: M. Fehér, G. Koós and G. Tornyai, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Decision (EU) 2017/652 of 29 March 2017 on the proposed citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ (OJ 2017 L 92, p. 100).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Romania to pay its own costs and those incurred by the Commission, including those relating to the interim proceedings;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Hungary to bear its own costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 269, 14.8.2017.