Order — ECLI:EU:T:2006:284
Date: 2006-09-27
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 failure to act - inadmissible
Origin: Portugal

Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 27 September 2006 – Correia de Matos v Parliament (Case T-440/05) Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Representation by a lawyer – Manifest inadmissibility Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 19, third para., and 21, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Arts 43(1), first para., 44(3), and 59) (see paras 8-12) Re: ACTION for annulment of the decision of the Parliament rejecting the complaint lodged by the applicant against the Portuguese Republic concerning infringement by that Member State of fundamental guarantees protected by Community law, owing to the refusal of its courts to allow an applicant to represent himself before them. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action as manifestly inadmissible; 2. Orders the applicant to bear its own costs.