Order of the General Court of 7 January 2015 — Freitas v Parliament and Council

(Case T-185/14) (1)

(Action for annulment - Directive 2013/55/EU - Directive 2005/36/EC - Recognition of professional qualifications - Exclusion of notaries appointed by official act of the public authorities from the scope of application of Directive 2005/36 - Lack of individual concern - Inadmissibility)

(2015/C 073/47)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: José Freitas (Porto, Portugal) (represented by: J.-P. Hordies, lawyer)

Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: L. Visaggio and A. Tamás, Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: P. Mahnič Bruni and M. Moore, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 354, p. 132).

Operative part of the order

1.	The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

There is no need to adjudicate on the applications of the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the European Commission, the Ordem dos Notários (Portuguese notarial professional body) and of the Conseil national des barreaux (French National Bar Council) to intervene.

3.	Mr Freitas shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament and by the Council of the European Union.

(1) OJ C 184, 16.6.2014.