Court of Justice 12 March 2026, C-790/24 (Opinion of Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered on 12 March 2026.)

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Advocate General Richard de la Tour proposes that the Court of Justice uphold the fifth ground of appeal, arguing that the General Court erred in law by adopting an excessively restrictive interpretation of the international agreement establishing International Management Group (IMG). The Opinion contends that the General Court misapplied Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention by failing to consider the entity's initial and subsequent statutes as relevant context or subsequent practice for determining its status as an international organisation. Furthermore, the Advocate General suggests that the Commission's long-standing recognition of the appellant's status and the conclusion of headquarters agreements with Member States should have been accorded greater weight in the legal assessment of the entity's international legal personality.AI