Judgment of the Court Grand Chamber of 14 July 2022, Parliament v Council Siège de l’Autorité européenne du travail, C-743/19

• Date: 14 July 2022
• Year: 2022

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I. INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS: INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES OF THE

EUROPEAN UNION

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022, Italy v Council (Siège de l’Agence

européenne des medicaments), C-59/18

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Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – EU bodies, offices and agencies – European

Medicines Agency (EMA) – Competence to determine the location of the seat – Article 341 TFEU – Scope –

Decision adopted by the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States in the margins of a

Council meeting – Jurisdiction of the Court under Article 263 TFEU – Author and legal nature of the act –

Absence of binding effects in the EU legal order

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022, Italy v Council and Parliament

(Siège de l’Agence européenne des medicaments), C-106/19

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Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – Regulation (EU) 2018/1718 – Location of the seat

of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Article 263 TFEU – Admissibility –

Interest in bringing procee dings – Locus standi – Direct and individual concern – Decision adopted by the

Representatives of the Governments of the Member States in the margins of a Council meeting in order

to determine the location of the seat of an EU agency – Absence of binding effects in the EU legal order –

Prerogatives of the European Parliament

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022, Parliament v Council (Siège de

l’Autorité européenne du travail), C-743/19

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Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – Bodies, offices and agencies of the European

Union – European L abour Authorit y (ELA) – Competence to determine the location of the seat – Article

341 TFEU – Scope – Decision adopted by the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States

in the margins of a Council meeting – Jurisdiction of the Court under Article 263 TFEU – Author and legal

nature of the act – Absence of binding effects in the EU legal order

Five actions were brought before the Court for annulment of various measures adopted, first, by the

Representatives of the Governments of the Member States and, secondly, by the Council an d the

European Parliament, concerning the determination of the seat of two European agencies.