Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 25 March 2021 – Armando Carvalho and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union

(Case C-565/19 P) ¹

(Appeal – Action for annulment and for damages – Environment – 2030 climate and energy package – Fourth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU – Lack of individual concern)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellants: Armando Carvalho, Diogo Carvalho, Ildebrando Conceição, Alfredo Sendim, Joaquim Caxeiro, Renaud Feschet, Guylaine Feschet, Gabriel Feschet, Maurice Feschet, Geneviève Gassin, Roba Waku Guya, Fadhe Hussein Tache, Sado Guyo, Issa Guyo, Jibril Guyo, Adanoor Guyo, Mohammed Guyo, Petru Vlad, Ana Tricu, Petru Arin Vlad, Maria Ioana Vlad, Andrei Nicolae Vlad, Giorgio Davide Elter, Sara Burland, Soulail Elter, Alice Elter, Rosa Elter, Maria Elter, Maike Recktenwald, Michael Recktenwald, Lueke Recktenwald, Petero Qaloibau, Melania Cironiceva, Katarina Dimoto, Petero Jnr Qaloibau, Elisabeta Tokalau and Sáminuorra (represented by: G. Winter, Professor, H. Leith, Barrister, and by R. Verheyen, Rechtsanwältin)

Other parties to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: M. Peternel, C. Ionescu Dima and A. Tamás, acting as Agents) and Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Moore and K. Michoel, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union: European Commission (represented by: A.C. Becker and J.-F. Brakeland, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the appeal;

Orders Mr Armando Carvalho and 36 other appellants whose names are set out in the annex to the present judgment to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs.

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¹ OJ C 372, 4.11.2019.