Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 February 2018 — HB and Others v Commission

(Case C‑336/17 P) ( 1 )

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative ‘Ethics for Animals and Kids’ — Protection of stray animals — Psychological effects on adults and children — Refusal to register the initiative for manifest lack of powers on the part of the European Commission — Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 — Article 4(2)(b) — Article 4(3))

Judicial proceedings—Measures of inquiry—Parties’ appearance in person—Expert’s report—Discretion of the General Court

(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 88 and 91(a) and (e))

(see paras 26, 27)

Operative part

1.	The appeal is dismissed.

2.	HB, Robert Coates Smith, Hans Joachim Richter, Carmen Arsene, Magdalena Anna Kuropatwinska, Christos Yiapanis and Nathalie Louise Klinge, on the one hand, and the European Commission, on the other hand, shall bear their own respective costs.

( 1 ) JO C 283 du 28.8.2017.