Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 May 2013 — Morte Navarro v Parliament
(Case T‑280/09)
Petition addressed to the European Parliament — Decision to take no further action on the petition — Action for annulment — Act adversely affecting an official — Admissibility — Obligation to state reasons — Petition not falling within an area of activity of the European Union
1. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — General reference to documents annexed to the application — Inadmissibility — Content of the application sufficiently clear — Petition annexed unclear — Admissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c) and (d)) (see paras 19-21)
2. Actions for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Decision of the Committee on Petitions of the Parliament to take no action on a petition — Inclusion (Arts 227 TFEU and 263 TFEU) (see para. 25)
3. Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution — Claim for a declaratory judgment — Inadmissibility (Art. 263 TFEU) (see para. 27)
4. Acts of the institutions — Statement of reasons — Obligation — Scope — Decision of the Committee on Petitions of the Parliament to take no action on a petition (Arts 227 TFEU and 296 TFEU; European Parliament Regulation, Art. 191(6)) (see paras 32-41, 44)
5. EU law — Principles — Equal treatment — Concept — Limits (see para. 47)
Re:
| ACTION for annulment of the decision of the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions of 5 May 2009 to take no further action on the petition submitted by the applicant on 17 December 2008 (petition No 1818/2008). |
Operative part
The Court:
2. | | Orders Mr José Carlos Morte Navarro to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament. |