Order of the President of the General Court of 31 January 2020 — Shindler and Others v Commission

(Case T-627/19 R)

(Interim measures - Area of freedom, security and justice - Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union - UK citizens residing in another EU Member State - Loss of EU citizenship - Action for failure to act - Inadmissibility of the application for interim measures)

(2020/C 95/42)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Harry Shindler (Porto d'Ascoli, Italy) and the five other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to the order (represented by: J. Fouchet, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: F. Erlbacher, C. Giolito and E. Montaguti, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 279 TFEU and Article 156 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, seeking (i) suspension of the Commission’s express refusal of 13 September 2019 to recognise its failure to act, and (ii) an order requiring the Commission to take certain measures to maintain the applicants’ EU citizenship beyond the date of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and adopt an interim decision on an alternative status to that citizenship comprising various measures relating to entry, stay, social rights and professional activity applicable in the absence of agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

Operative part of the order