Order — ECLI:EU:C:1999:176
Date: 1999-03-25
Language of the case: French
Court formation: President of the Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Concepts: Application for interim measures: suspension of operation of the contested measure and other interim measures
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Staff cases

Summary of the O r d e r 
1. Applications for interim measures — Procedure — Whether it is desirable to hear oral argu­
ment from the parties — Discretion of the court hearing an application for interim relief 
(EC Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36, first para., and 46, first para,; Rules of Procedure 
of the Court of First Instance, Art. 105) 
2. Applications for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Conditions for 
granting — Urgency — Circumstances in which the non-material damage cannot be remedied 
more satisfactorily by means of interim relief than by a ruling on the substance — No urgency 
(EC Treaty, Art. 185; Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 104(2)) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-65/99 P(R) 
1. The question whether it is desirable to hear 
oral argument from the parties falls within 
the discretion of the court hearing an appli­
cation for interim relief. 
2. If the suspension sought cannot better 
remedy the purported non-material 
damage than the ruling on the substance, 
the condition concerning urgency is not 
satisfied. The purpose of proceedings for 
interim relief is not to ensure reparation 
for damage but rather to ensure that the 
ruling on the substance has full effect. 
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