CJEU Case T-646/13 | Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission

Summary:

Information Guide concerning Case T-646/13 from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerning the registration by the European Commission of a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) entitled Minority SafePack - One Million Signatures for Diversity in Europe.

Further information:

A group of European citizens submitted to the European Commission in July 2013 an ECI entitled Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe. On 13 September 2013, the Commission refused to register that proposal on the ground that it fell outside the powers which enabled the Commission to submit a proposal for the adoption of an EU legal act for the purpose of implementing the Treaties.

On 3 February 2017, the General Court of the CJEU decided to annul the Commission's Decision refusing the registration of the proposed ECI, as it failed to comply with its obligation to state reasons by not indicating which of the measures among those set out in the annex to the proposed initiative did not come within its competence and by not setting out the reasons in support of that conclusion.

Commentary and Analysis

Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN): Press Release, 03/02/2017: European Minorities win Minority SafePack case against the European Commission https://www.fuen.org/en/article/European-Minorities-win-Minority-SafePack-case-against-the-European-Commission

EU Law Analysis, 21/02/2017: European Citizens’ Initiative: General Court rules on the Commission’s obligation to give reasons for refusing to register proposals http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/european-citizens-initiative-general.html

European Law Blog, 10/04/2017: Commission ECI Registration Decision Annulled in Court Victory for Minority Safepak initiative https://europeanlawblog.eu/2017/04/10/commission-eci-registration-decision-annulled-in-court-victory-for-minority-safepak-initiative/

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Official

CJEU CURIA: Case T-646/13 | Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission http://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=T-646/13

CJEU: Press Release (No 10/17), 03/02/2017: Judgment in Case T-646/13 Bürgerausschuss für die Bürgerinitiative Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe v Commission http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2017-02/cp170010en.pdf

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