Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 April 2022 – Republic of Poland v European Parliament, Council of the European Union
(Case C-401/19) 1
(Action for annulment – Directive (EU) 2019/790 – Article 17(4), point (b), and point (c), in fine – Article 11 and Article 17(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Freedom of expression and information – Protection of intellectual property – Obligations imposed on online content-sharing service providers – Prior automatic review (filtering) of content uploaded by users)
Language of the case: Polish
Parties
Applicant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna, M. Wiącek and J. Sawicka, Agents, and by J. Barski, acting as expert)
Defendants: European Parliament (represented by: D. Warin, S. Alonso de León and W.D. Kuzmienko, Agents), Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Alver, F. Florindo Gijón and D. Kornilaki, Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of Spain (represented: initially by S. Centeno Huerta and J. Rodríguez de la Rúa Puig, and subsequently by J. Rodríguez de la Rúa Puig, Agents), French Republic (represented by: A.-L. Desjonquères and A. Daniel, Agents), Portuguese Republic (represented: initially by M.A. Capela de Carvalho Galaz Pimenta, P. Barros da Costa, P. Salvação Barreto and L. Inez Fernandes, and subsequently by M.A. Capela de Carvalho Galaz Pimenta, P. Barros da Costa and P. Salvação Barreto, Agents), European Commission (represented by: F. Erlbacher, S.L. Kalėda, J. Samnadda and B. Sasinowska, Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
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1 OJ C 270, 12.8.2019.