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Document 62019CA0106
Joined Cases C-106/19 and C-232/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — Italian Republic (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (C-232/19) v Council of the European Union, European Parliament (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 proceedings — 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)
Joined Cases C-106/19 and C-232/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — Italian Republic (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (C-232/19) v Council of the European Union, European Parliament (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 proceedings — 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)
Joined Cases C-106/19 and C-232/19: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — Italian Republic (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (C-232/19) v Council of the European Union, European Parliament (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 proceedings — 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)
OJ C 340, 5.9.2022, p. 3–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
5.9.2022 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 340/3 |
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 — Italian Republic (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (C-232/19) v Council of the European Union, European Parliament
(Joined Cases C-106/19 and C-232/19) (1)
(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 proceedings - 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)
(2022/C 340/03)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicants: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, Agent, and by C. Colelli, S. Fiorentino and G. Galluzzo, avvocati dello Stato) (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (represented by: J. Alberti, M. Condinanzi, A. Neri and F. Sciaudone, avvocati) (C-232/19)
Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer, J. Bauerschmidt, F. Florindo Gijón and E. Rebasti, Agents), European Parliament (represented by: I. Anagnostopoulou, A. Tamás and L. Visaggio, Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman and J. Langer, Agents), European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann, D. Nardi and P.J.O. Van Nuffel, Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the actions; |
2. |
Orders the Italian Republic, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to bear their own costs in Case C-106/19; |
3. |
Orders the Comune di Milano, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to bear their own costs in Case C-232/19; |
4. |
Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Commission to bear their own costs. |