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21.8.2023 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 296/2 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 6 July 2023 — European Investment Bank (EIB) v ClientEarth, European Commission (C-212/21 P), European Commission v Client Earth, European Investment Bank (EIB) (C-223/21 P)
(Joined Cases C-212/21 P and C-223/21 P) (1)
(Appeal - Environment - Aarhus Convention - Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 - Article 2(1)(f) - Concept of ‘environmental law’ - Article 2(1)(g) - Concept of ‘administrative act’ - Article 10(1) - Internal review of administrative acts - Resolution of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approving the financing of a biomass power generation plant - Rejection of the request for internal review of that resolution as inadmissible - Independence of the EIB in the sphere of its financial operations - Article 271(c) TFEU - Scope)
(2023/C 296/02)
Language of the case: English
Parties
(Case C-212/21 P)
Appellant: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by: K. Carr, G. Faedo and T. Gilliams, acting as Agents, and by J. Bouckaert and G. Schaiko, avocats)
Other parties to the proceedings: ClientEarth (represented by: S. Abram KC and J. Flynn, KC and H. Leith, Barrister), European Commission (represented by: F. Blanc and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
(Case C-223/21 P)
Appellant: European Commission (represented by: F. Blanc and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
Other parties to the proceedings: ClientEarth (represented by S. Abram KC and J. Flynn KC and H. Leith, Barrister), European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by K. Carr, G. Faedo and T. Gilliams, acting as Agents, and by J. Bouckaert and G. Schaiko, avocats)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeals; |
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Orders the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission to bear their own costs and to pay the costs incurred by ClientEarth. |