SO (C-115/22)

Judgment of 7 May 2024

law://eu/cjeu/2022/c-115-22/para_46@2026-11-13

46Thus, according to the settled case-law of the Court, the concept of ‘independence’ implies above all that the body in question acts as a third party in relation to the authority which adopted the contested decision (see, to that effect, judgment of 21 January 2020, Banco de Santander, C‑274/14, EU:C:2020:17, paragraph 62 and the case-law cited).