Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 5 April 2017

HB and Others v European Commission

Law governing the institutions — European citizens’ initiative — Protection of stray animals — Psychological effects on adults and children — Refusal of registration — Manifest lack of powers of the Commission — Article 4(2)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011

Case T-361/14



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/05/2017 HB and Others v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2017:252
05/04/2017 HB and Others v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2017:252
05/04/2017 HB and Others v Commission
Application (OJ)
31/10/2014 HB and Others v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment of final Commission decision C (2014) 2119 of 26 March 2014, rejecting the application to register the citizen’s initiative entitled ‘Ethics for Animals and Kids’.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.09 Non-discrimination and citizenship of the Union
    1.09.00 General
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.02 Values and objectives of the European Union
    1.02.02 Objectives


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

  • 23/07/2014

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

05/04/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 161 from 22.05.2017, p.21

Application: OJ C 409 from 17.11.2014, p.44

Name of the parties

HB and Others v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Tanty, Loïc: Bien-être des animaux, Revue juridique de l'environnement 2017 n°3 p.601-602 (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

Kanninen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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