Order of the General Court of 14 February 2019 — Comprojecto Projectos e Construções and Others v ECB

(Case T-768/17) (1)

(Action for failure to act, for annulment and for damages - Economic and monetary policy - Supervision of credit institutions - Unlawful acts allegedly committed by certain Portuguese credit institutions - Implied rejection of the request to take action made to the ECB - Manifest inadmissibility in part - Manifest lack of jurisdiction in part - Action in part manifestly unfounded in law)

(2019/C 131/53)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Parties

Applicants: Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções, Lda (Lisbon, Portugal), Paulo Eduardo Matos Gomes de Azevedo (Lisbon), Julião Maria Gomes de Azevedo (Lisbon), Isabel Maria Matos Gomes de Azevedo (Lisbon) (represented by: M. Ribeiro, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: C. Hernández Saseta and P. Ferreira Jorge, acting as Agents)

Re:

First, application under Article 265 TFEU for a declaration that the ECB unlawfully failed to take action against a Portuguese credit institution in the context of preventing the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering, secondly, application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the ECB’s decision not to take action and, thirdly, application for compensation under Article 268 TFEU in respect of the loss and harm which the applicants allegedly sustained as a result of that failure to take action.

Operative part of the order

1.	The action is dismissed.

2.	Comprojecto-Projectos e Construções, Lda, Mr Paulo Eduardo Matos Gomes de Azevedo, Mr Julião Maria Gomes de Azevedo and Ms Isabel Maria Matos Gomes de Azevedo are ordered to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 52, 12.2.2018.