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    Joined Cases C-202/18 and C-238/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 February 2019 — Ilmārs Rimšēvičs (C-202/18), European Central Bank (ECB) (C-238/18) v Republic of Latvia (European System of Central Banks — Action based on infringement of the second subparagraph of Article 14.2 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank — Decision of a national authority suspending the governor of the national central bank from office)

    OJ C 139, 15.4.2019, p. 19–19 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    15.4.2019   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 139/19


    Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 February 2019 — Ilmārs Rimšēvičs (C-202/18), European Central Bank (ECB) (C-238/18) v Republic of Latvia

    (Joined Cases C-202/18 and C-238/18) (1)

    (European System of Central Banks - Action based on infringement of the second subparagraph of Article 14.2 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank - Decision of a national authority suspending the governor of the national central bank from office)

    (2019/C 139/18)

    Language of the case: Latvian

    Parties

    Applicants: Ilmārs Rimšēvičs (represented by: S. Vārpiņš, M. Kvēps and I. Pazare, advokāti) (C-202/18), European Central Bank (ECB) (represented by: C. Zilioli, K. Kaiser and C. Kroppenstedt, acting as Agents, and by D. Sarmiento Ramírez-Escudero, abogado, and by V. Čuske-Jurjeva, advokāte) (C–238/18)

    Defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: I. Kucina and J. Davidoviča, acting as Agents)

    Operative part of the judgment

    The Court:

    1.

    Joins Cases C-202/18 and C-238/18 for the purposes of the judgment;

    2.

    Annuls the decision of the Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs (Anti-Corruption Office, Latvia) of 19 February 2018 in so far as it prohibits Mr Ilmārs Rimšēvičs from performing his duties as Governor of the Central Bank of Latvia;

    3.

    Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB).


    (1)  OJ C 161, 7.5.2018.


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