Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 3 February 2017

Bürgerausschuss für die Bürgerinitiative Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe v European Commission

Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — Protection of national and linguistic minorities and strengthening of cultural and linguistic diversity in the European Union — Refusal of registration — Commission manifestly lacking legislative powers — Obligation to state reasons — Article 4(2)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011

Case T-646/13


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex
Judgment (OJ)
03/03/2017 Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Citizenship of the Union
  • Citizenship of the Union
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2017:59		 03/02/2017 Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Citizenship of the Union
  • Citizenship of the Union
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2017:59		 03/02/2017 Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Citizenship of the Union
  • Citizenship of the Union
Application (OJ)
28/03/2014 Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission
Citizenship of the Union
  • Citizenship of the Union
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Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.09 Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
    1.09.00 General
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2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.09 Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
    1.09.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

  • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 -P1 : paragraphs 20, 28
  • TFEU, Article 19 -P1 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 20 -P2 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 24 -L1 : paragraph 17
  • TFEU, Article 25 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 53 -P1 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 62 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 79 -P2 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 107 -P3LE : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 108 -P4 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 109 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 118 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 165 -P4T1 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 165 -P4T2 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 167 -P5T1 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 167 -P5T2 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 173 -P3 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 177 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 178 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 182 -P1 : paragraph 25
  • TFEU, Article 296 : paragraph 16
  • TFEU, Article 296 -L2 : paragraph 15
  • TEU, Article 2 : paragraphs 20, 28
  • TEU, Article 3 -P3 : paragraphs 20, 28
  • Regulation 211/2011 -A04 : paragraph 32
  • Regulation 211/2011 -A04P2 : paragraph 31
  • Regulation 211/2011 -A04P2LB : paragraphs 22, 29, 30
  • Regulation 211/2011 -A04P3L2 : paragraph 15
  • Regulation 211/2011 -C1 : paragraph 18
  • Regulation 211/2011 -C2 : paragraph 29
  • Regulation 211/2011 -N2 : paragraphs 31, 32
  • Regulation 211/2011 -N2L2 : paragraph 23
  • General Court - Judgment T -450/12 -N22 : paragraph 15
  • General Court - Judgment T -450/12 -N23 : paragraph 15
  • General Court - Judgment T -450/12 -N24 : paragraph 16
  • General Court - Judgment T -450/12 -N25 : paragraph 17
  • General Court - Judgment T -450/12 -N26 : paragraph 18
  • General Court - Judgment T -529/13 -N45 : paragraph 31
  • General Court - Judgment T -529/13 -N48 : paragraph 32
  • General Court - Judgment T -529/13 -N49 : paragraph 32
  • General Court - Judgment T -529/13 -N50 : paragraph 32
  • General Court - Judgment T -529/13 -N56 : paragraph 32
  • General Court - Judgment T -529/13 -N57 : paragraph 32

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 25/11/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

03/02/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 86 from 20.03.2017, p.24

Application: OJ C 112 from 14.04.2014, p.34

Name of the parties

Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Beaucourt, Coline: Arrêt Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe/Commission : l’initiative citoyenne enfin lancée ?, European Journal of Consumer Law 2016 p.355-368 (EN)
  2. Michel, Valérie: Initiative citoyenne, Europe 2017 Avril nº 04 p.14 (FR)
  3. Adobati, Enrica: Il Tribunale accoglie due ricorsi di cittadini europei e annulla le decisioni della Commissione per la mancanza di motivazione nel rifiuto di registrazione della proposta di iniziativa e per la difesa del principio di democrazia, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2017 p.117-119 (IT)
  4. Jacqué, Jean-Paul: Vers une reconnaissance juridictionnelle des droits politiques des citoyens européens, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2017 p.177-180 (FR)
  5. Takis, Athanasios: Armenopoulos 2017 p.497-498 (EL)
  6. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Renaudière, Géraldine: Libre circulation des personnes dans l'Union européenne, Journal de droit européen 2018 p.141-151 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Citizenship of the Union

Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Buttigieg

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available