Order — ECLI:EU:C:2017:525
Date: 2017-07-06
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: External relations;Common foreign and security policy
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal

Summary — Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 6 July 2017 1. Judicial proceedings — Pleas in the application — Modification in the course of proceedings — Statement submitted in the name and on behalf of the deceased applicant — Obligation on the part of the General Court to identify another applicant — None 2. Judicial proceedings — Pleas in the application — Modification in the course of proceedings — Assimilation to the bringing of an action by means of an application — Admissibility — Assessment by reference to the situation at the time the statement of modification was lodged 3. Appeal — Grounds — Ground directed against the General Court’s decision as to costs — Inadmissible where all other grounds are rejected (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, second para.) 1. In the context of a statement of modification of the original form of order sought set out in the application initiating proceedings brought in the name of the deceased applicant, in so far as the statement of modification clearly mentions the identity of the person in whose name it was lodged, it is not for the General Court to identify another person as being the one in whose name it was lodged. (see paras 49, 50) 2. See the text of the decision. (see para. 53) 3. See the text of the decision. (see para. 58)