Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 December 2023 — Jérôme Rivière, Dominique Bilde, Joëlle Mélin, Aurélia Beigneux, Thierry Mariani, Jordan Bardella, Jean Paul Garraud, Jean-François Jalkh, Gilbert Collard, Gilles Lebreton, Nicolaus Fest, Gunnar Beck and Philippe Olivier v European Parliament

(Case C-767/21 P) (1)

(Appeal - Law governing the institutions - Members of the European Parliament - Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament - Standards of conduct - Rule 10(3) - Prohibition on displaying banners during the sittings of Parliament - Oral measure of the President of the Parliament prohibiting MEPs from displaying national flags on their lecterns - Action for annulment - Article 263 TFEU - Concept of ‘challengeable act’)

(C/2024/1068)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellants: Jérôme Rivière, Dominique Bilde, Joëlle Mélin, Aurélia Beigneux, Thierry Mariani, Jordan Bardella, Jean Paul Garraud, Jean-François Jalkh, Gilbert Collard, Gilles Lebreton, Nicolaus Fest, Gunnar Beck and Philippe Olivier (represented by: F. Wagner, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Parliament (represented by: N. Lorenz and T. Lukácsi, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders Mr Jérôme Rivière, Ms Dominique Bilde, Ms Joëlle Mélin, Ms Aurélia Beigneux, Mr Thierry Mariani, Mr Jordan Bardella, Mr Jean-Paul Garraud, Mr Jean-François Jalkh, Mr Gilbert Collard, Mr Gilles Lebreton, Mr Nicolaus Fest, Mr Gunnar Beck and Mr Philippe Olivier to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Parliament.

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(1)   OJ C 109, 7.3.2022.