Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 30 September 2015

Alexios Anagnostakis v European Commission

Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — Economic and monetary policy — Non-payment of sovereign debt — Establishment of the principle of the ‘state of necessity’ — Refusal of registration — Powers of the Commission — Obligation to state reasons

Case T-450/12



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
06/11/2015 Anagnostakis v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:739
30/09/2015 Anagnostakis v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:739
30/09/2015 Anagnostakis v Commission
Application (OJ)
07/12/2012 Anagnostakis v Commission
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Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Annulment of Commission Decision C(2012) 6289 final of 6 September 2012 rejecting the request for registration of the citizens’ initiative ‘One million signatures for “a Europe of solidarity”’, calling on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal relating to the removal of onerous public debt for countries in a state of necessity (Ares (2012) 856313 – REQ. ECI (2012) 000022).

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.00 General
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.04 Infringement of essential procedural requirements
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.09 Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
    1.09.00 General
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.06 Statement of reasons
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.04 Infringement of essential procedural requirements
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.07 Necessity
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.07 Necessity
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.12 Economic and monetary policy
    4.12.01 Economic policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.07 Necessity
6 External policy
  6.09 Solidarity clause
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.01 Institutions
    2.01.04 European Commission


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 11/10/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

30/09/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 389 from 23.11.2015, p.27

Application: OJ C 399 from 22.12.2012, p.24

Name of the parties

Anagnostakis v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Michel, Valérie: Compétences de l'Union et initiative citoyenne, Europe 2015 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.11-12 (FR)
  2. Takis, Athanasios: Armenopoulos 2015 p.1977-1978 (EL)
  3. Margaritis, Konstantinos: Symmetochiki dimokratia, Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2015 p.505-509 (EL)
  4. Michel, Valérie: Compétences de l'Union et initiative citoyenne, Europe 2015 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.11-12 (FR)
  5. Zicchittu, Paolo: Un nuovo limite al diritto di iniziativa dei cittadini dell'Unione europea, Quaderni costituzionali 2016 p.133-136 (IT)
  6. Simon, Denys: Initiative citoyenne, Europe 2017 novembre nº 11 p.23-24 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Provisions governing the institutions

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Buttigieg

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Greek

Language(s) of the Opinion

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