Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 September 2011 – Tegebauer v Parliament

(Case T-308/07)

Right to petition – Petition addressed to the Parliament – Decision to take no action – Action for annulment – Actionable measure – Admissibility – Obligation to state reasons

1. Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Reference to the annex in support of arguments set out in the pleadings – 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)) (see paras 18-20)

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 – Included (Arts 194 EC and 230EC) (see para. 21)

3. 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 (Art. 194 EC; European Parliament Regulation, Art. 191(6)) (see paras 23-30)

Re:

Operative part

The Court:

1.Annuls the Decision of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament of 20 June 2007 to file and take no further action on the petition submitted by Mr Ingo-Jens Tegebauer on 7 February 2007 (Petition No 95/2007);

2.Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Tegebauer.