Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-646/13 of The General Court, March 03, 2017

• Resolution Date: March 03, 2017
• Issuing Organization: The General Court
• Decision Number: T-646/13

Judgment of the General Court of 3 February 2017 - Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission

(Case T-646/13) ¹

(Law governing the institutions - European citizens’ initiative - Protection of national and linguistic minorities and strengthening of cultural and linguistic diversity in the European Union - Refusal of registration - Commission manifestly lacking legislative powers - Obligation to state reasons - Article 4(2)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Bürgerausschuss für die Bürgerinitiative Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe (represented by: E. Johansson, J. Lund and C. Lund, and subsequently by E. Johansson and T. Hieber, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: H. Krämer, acting as Agent)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Hungary (represented by: M. Fehér, A. Pálfy and G. Szima, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendant: Slovak Republic (represented by: B. Ricziová, acting as Agent) and Romania (represented by: R. Radu, R. Haţieganu, D. Bulancea and A. Wellman, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 263 TFEU and seeking annulment of Commission Decision C(2013) 5969 final of 13 September 2013 rejecting the request for registration of the proposed European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe’.

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