Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2022:553
Date: 2022-07-12
Language of the case: Portuguese
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Appeal;Action for failure to act;Failure to adjudicate - unfounded
Origin: Portugal

Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 11 March 2022 – Novais v Portugal (Case C‑816/21 P) (Appeal – Law governing the institutions – Article 265 TFEU – Action for failure to act brought against a national court – General Court clearly lacking jurisdiction – Appeal manifestly unfounded) 1. Appeal – Grounds – Grounds which are manifestly inadmissible or manifestly unfounded – Dismissal at any point, by reasoned order, without an oral procedure (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 181) (see para. 5) 2. Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate or contradictory grounds – Admissibility – Scope of the obligation to state reasons (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 8, 9) 3. Actions for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Actionable omissions – Failure of the President of a national court to take certain decisions – Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Inadmissibility (Arts 256 and 265, third para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 51) (see paras 10-14) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed as being manifestly unfounded. 2. Mr Luís Miguel Novais shall bear his own costs.