Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 July 2022 – Italian Republic (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (C-232/19) v Council of the European Union, European Parliament

(Joined Cases C-106/19 and C-232/19) ¹

(Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – Regulation (EU) 2018/1718 – Location of the seat of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Article 263 TFEU – Admissibility – Interest in bringing proceedings – Locus standi – Direct and individual concern – Decision adopted by the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States in the margins of a Council meeting in order to determine the location of the seat of an EU agency – Absence of binding effects in the EU legal order – Prerogatives of the European Parliament)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicants: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, Agent, and by C. Colelli, S. Fiorentino and G. Galluzzo, avvocati dello Stato) (C-106/19), Comune di Milano (represented by: J. Alberti, M. Condinanzi, A. Neri and F. Sciaudone, avvocati) (C-232/19)

Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer, J. Bauerschmidt, F. Florindo Gijón and E. Rebasti, Agents), European Parliament (represented by: I. Anagnostopoulou, A. Tamás and L. Visaggio, Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M.K. Bulterman and J. Langer, Agents), European Commission (represented by: K. Herrmann, D. Nardi and P.J.O. Van Nuffel, Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the actions;

Orders the Italian Republic, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to bear their own costs in Case C-106/19;

Orders the Comune di Milano, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to bear their own costs in Case C-232/19;

Orders the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Commission to bear their own costs.

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¹ OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.