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Document 62018CA0202
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)
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)
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)
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15.4.2019 |
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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:
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Joins Cases C-202/18 and C-238/18 for the purposes of the judgment; |
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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; |
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Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB). |