Action brought on 7 August 2017 — OCU and Others v SRB

(Case T-512/17)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) (Madrid, Spain) and 37 other applicants

Defendant: Single Resolution Board

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:

annul the contested decision;

declare that Articles 18 and 29 of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 are unlawful and inapplicable;

order the defendant, the Single Resolution Board, to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The present action is brought against Decision SRB/EES/2017/08 of the Single Resolution Board of 7 June 2017 concerning the adoption of a resolution scheme regarding the Banco Popular Español, S.A.

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those raised in Cases T-478/17, Mutualidad de la Abogacía and Hermandad Nacional de Arquitectos Superiores y Químicos v Single Resolution Board, T-481/17, Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán y Bueno and SFL v Single Resolution Board, T-482/17, Comercial Vascongada Recalde v Commission and Single Resolution Board, T-483/17, García Suárez and Others v Commission and Single Resolution Board, T-484/17, Fidesban and Others v Single Resolution Board, T-497/17, Sánchez del Valle and Calatrava Real State 2015 v Commission and Single Resolution Board, and T-498/17, Pablo Álvarez de Linera Granda v Commission and Single Resolution Board.

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