Order — ECLI:EU:C:2006:655
Date: 2006-10-05
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Concepts: Appeals
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Staff cases

Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 October 2006 – Schmidt-Brown v Commission (Case C-365/05 P) Appeal – Officials – Duty to provide assistance – Rejection of request for financial assistance in defamation proceedings brought before the United Kingdom courts Appeal – Grounds – Clearly inadmissible or clearly unfounded pleas (Rules of Procedure of the Court, Art. 119; Staff Regulations, Art. 24) (see paras 61, 68, 78-82) Re: Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 5 July 2005 in Case T-387/02 Schmidt-Brown v Commission dismissing the action for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 26 April 2002 rejecting the applicant’s request for financial assistance from the Commission in a defamation action brought by the applicant against a company before the High Court of Justice (England and Wales). Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal. 2. Orders Ms Schmidt-Brown to bear the costs.