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Document 62017CO0717
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 5 September 2018.
Comitetul cetăţenilor ai iniţiativei cetăţeneşti europene Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Romania and European Commission.
Appeal — Intervention — Article 40, second paragraph, second sentence, of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Dispute between a Member State and an Institution of the European Union — European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ — Application for leave to intervene made by the organisers of that European citizens’ initiative — Rejection.
Case C-717/17 P(I).
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 5 September 2018.
Comitetul cetăţenilor ai iniţiativei cetăţeneşti europene Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Romania and European Commission.
Appeal — Intervention — Article 40, second paragraph, second sentence, of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Dispute between a Member State and an Institution of the European Union — European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ — Application for leave to intervene made by the organisers of that European citizens’ initiative — Rejection.
Case C-717/17 P(I).
Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 5 September 2018 — Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Romania and Commission
(Case C‑717/17 P(I))
(Appeal — Intervention — Article 40, second paragraph, second sentence, of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union — Dispute between a Member State and an Institution of the European Union — European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe’ — Application for leave to intervene made by the organisers of that European citizens’ initiative — Rejection)
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Judicial proceedings — Intervention — Persons having an interest — Application for leave to intervene made by natural or legal persons in cases between a Member State and an institution of the Union — Inadmissibility (Art. 13(1) TEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.) (see paras 23, 24, 33, 37) |
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Citizenship of the Union — Rights of the citizen — Presentation of a citizens’ initiative — Regulation No 211/2011 — Proposal for a citizens’ initiative which cannot be assimilated to proposals seeking the adoption of legal acts by the institutions of the Union (Art. 24, first para., TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 211/2011) (see paras 30, 31) |
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders Comitetul cetăţenilor ai iniţiativei cetăţeneşti europene Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe to bear is own costs and those incurred by Romania. |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs. |