(Case T-639/17)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicants: Madrid Diario de la Noche (Madrid, Spain) and 24 other applicants (represented by: B. Cremades Roman, F. Orts Castro, J. López Useros, S. Cajal Martín and P. Marrodán Lázaro, lawyers)

Defendants: European Commission and Single Resolution Board

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the General Court should:

—Acknowledge the lodging of the present application and its supporting documents, as well as the claims it contains;

—Annul Decision SRB/EES/2017/08 of SRB and Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1246, both adopted on 7 June 2017 and, consequently, order SRB and the European Commission to refund to the applicants their investments in Banco Popular or, in the alternative, order SRB and the Commission to pay damages to the applicants on grounds of non-contractual liability;

—Order SRB and the European Commission to pay the costs of the present proceedings;

—Declare the valuation carried out by SRB’s independent expert invalid and, following the calculation of the net value of the assets of Banco Popular, order SRB and the European Commission to pay compensation to the applicants in the terms set out in the present application.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The pleas in law and main arguments are similar to those put forward in Cases T-478/17, Mutualidad de la Abogacía and Hermandad Nacional de Arquitectos Superiores y Químicos v Single Resolution Board, T-481/17, Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno and SFL v Single Resolution Board, T-482/17, Comercial Vascongada Recalde v Commission and Single Resolution Board, T-483/17, García Suárez and Others v Commission and Single Resolution Board, T-484/17, Fidesban and Others v Single Resolution Board, T-497/17, Sáchez del Valle and Calatrava Real State 2015 v Commission and Single Resolution Board, and T-498/17, Pablo Álvarez de Linera Granda v Commission and Single Resolution Board.