Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-547/19 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, November 08, 2019

Resolution DateNovember 08, 2019
Issuing OrganizationTribunal General de la Unión Europea
Decision NumberT-547/19

Action brought on 31 July 2019 - Sarantos and Others v Parliament and Commission

(Case T-547/19)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicants: Archimandrite Sarantis Sarantos (Marousi, Greece) and six other applicants (represented by: C. Papasotiriou, lawyer)

Defendants: European Commission and European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:

annul the regulation of the European Parliament and the Commission of the European Union of 20 June 2019 (2018/0104/COD, Lex 1939/PE-CONS 70/19) on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement; 1

order the defendants to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants rely on four pleas in law.

First plea, alleging that the contested regulation adversely affects human dignity, private life and personal freedom, as well as the right to protection of personal data and to express consent for any processing of such data.

Second plea, alleging that the contested regulation adversely affects the applicants’ religious conscience, in breach, inter alia, of Article 10(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Third plea, alleging that, by making electronic identity mandatory without citizens’ prior consent, the contested regulation infringes the applicants’ right to object on the particular aforementioned grounds of religious conscience, in breach of Article 10(2) of the...

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