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Document 62014TN0676
Case T-676/14: Action brought on 22 September 2014 — Spain v Commission
Case T-676/14: Action brought on 22 September 2014 — Spain v Commission
Case T-676/14: Action brought on 22 September 2014 — Spain v Commission
OJ C 388, 3.11.2014, p. 25–26
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
3.11.2014 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 388/25 |
Action brought on 22 September 2014 — Spain v Commission
(Case T-676/14)
2014/C 388/31
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Rubio González, Abogado del Estado)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the General Court should:
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annul Decision C(2014) 4856 final of 11 July 2014 on the launching of an investigation related to the manipulation of statistics in Spain as referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1173/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area; and |
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order the Commission to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.
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First plea in law: failure to observe the principles of legal certainty and the non-retroactivity of legislation
The period covered by the investigation must relate only to data in the notifications made after 2012 where those data relate to facts that occurred after December 2011, the date on which the Regulation No 1173/2011 entered into force. Consequently there is no legal basis for an investigation in relation to facts that occurred before 13 December 2011. |
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Second plea in law: infringement of Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1173/2011
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Third plea in law: infringement of the Kingdom of Spain’s rights of defence
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