Order — ECLI:EU:C:2008:384
Date: 2008-07-03
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Second Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Concepts: Admissibility and examination of applications, forms of order sought and pleas in law
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - inadmissible
Origin: Greece

Order of the Court (Second Chamber) of 3 July 2008 – Pitsiorlas v Council and ECB (Case C‑84/08 P) Appeals – Time-limit – Inadmissibility 1. Procedure – Time-limit for instituting proceedings – Claim barred by lapse of time – Appeals (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 56; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 37(6) and 81(2); Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 44(2)) (see paras 8 to 12) 2. Procedure – Time-limit for instituting proceedings – Claim barred by lapse of time – Force majeure – Meaning (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45) (see paras 14 to 15) Re: Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 27 November 2007 in Joined Cases T-3/00 and T-337/04 Pitsiorlas v Council and ECB , which annulled the decision of the Governing Council of the ECB of 21 October 1999 refusing access to certain documents concerning the Basle/Nyborg Agreement, dismissed the claim seeking annulment of the Council’s decision of 30 July 1999 refusing the applicant access to such documents and dismissed the action for compensation in respect of the loss allegedly suffered by the applicant following the decisions of the Council and the ECB refusing him access to certain documents concerning the Basle/Nyborg Agreement (1987) which he had requested for the purpose of preparing his doctoral thesis. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Mr Pitsiorlas to pay his own costs.