Action brought on 10 August 2017 — Blasi Gómez and Others v SRB

(Case T-529/17)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Carlos Blasi Gómez (Tarragona, Spain), María Dolores Cruells Torelló (Sabadell, Spain), Asociación Independiente de Afectados por el Popular (AIAP) (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: D. Pineda Cuadrado, lawyer)

Defendant: Single Resolution Board

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:

Annul Decision SRB/EES/2017/08 of the Single Resolution Board of 7 June 2017;

In the alternative, in the event that the above head of claim is not upheld, annul in part the decision, with respect to the valuation of the institution, the Court having to carry out, or order the carrying out of, a fair, actual and equitable valuation of the Banco Popular Español which implies the compensation of all its shareholders and creditors in accordance with the new valuation;

In the further alternative, in the event that the neither of the previous heads of claim is upheld, annul in part the decision, with respect to the valuation of the institution, the Court having to carry out, or order the carrying out of, a fair, actual and equitable valuation of the Banco Popular Español which implies the compensation of the applicants, as shareholders and creditors of that institution in accordance with the new valuation;

Expressly order the Institution whose act is contested to pay the costs incurred.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those put forward 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 el 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, Sáchez 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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