22.1.2018

Official Journal of the European Union

C 22/48

Action brought on 30 October 2017 — Escribà Serra and Others v SRB

(Case T-731/17)

(2018/C 022/63)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Juan Escribà Serra (Girona, Spain) and eight other applicants (represented by: R. Vallina Hoset and A. Lois Perreau de Pinninck, lawyers)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

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Declare that the Single Resolution Board has incurred non-contractual liability and order it to repair the harm suffered by the applicants as a result of both its actions and its omissions which resulted in the applicants losing in full their investments in surbordinated bonds of the Banco Popular Español, S.A.;

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Order the Board to pay EUR 1 726 504 to the applicants as compensation for the harm suffered (‘the amount due’), broken down as follows:

—	Ramón Romaguera Amat: EUR 1 071 602,94;

—	Cerámica Puigdemont: EUR 260 437,16;

—	Maria Dolors Guell Parnau: EUR 52 524,35;

—	Enrique Escribà Nadal: EUR 70 838,57;

—	Joan Escribà Serra and Maria Dolors Nadal Casaponsa: EUR 151 796,93;

—	Laia Escribà Nadal and Maria Dolors Nadal Casaponsa: EUR 25 299,49;

—	José Sabater Comas and Ma Inmaculada Urgellés Bosch: EUR 94 004,56;

—	Increase the amount due with compensatory interest as of 7 June 2017 until delivery of the judgment disposing of the present case;

—	Increase the amount due with corresponding default interest as of the date of delivery of judgment until its payment in full, at the rate set by the European Central Bank (ECB) for main refinancing operations, increased by two percentage points.

—	Order the SRB to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those relied on in Case T-659/17 Vallina Fonseca v SRB.