3.11.2015

Official Journal of the European Union

C 363/39

(Case T-452/15)

(2015/C 363/48)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: Andrei Petrov (St. Petersburg, Russia), Fedor Biryukov (Moscow, Russia), Alexander Sotnichenko (St. Petersburg, Russia) (represented by: P. Richter, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

—annul the ban on entering the premises of the European Parliament made by the President of the European Parliament against the applicants on 16 June 2015;

—order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.

1.First plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

The applicants claim that they were discriminated against solely because of their nationality and in contravention of the prohibition under Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, since there appear to be no substantive grounds for the ban pronounced. Moreover, in the view of the applicants, their presence on the premises of the European Parliament did not pose a risk to security and could not adversely affect the Parliament’s functioning.

2.Second plea in law, alleging misuse of power

The applicants claim that the actions of the President of the European Parliament were manifestly purely arbitrary and are diametrically opposed to the prohibition of discrimination in the Treaties.