62022CO0317_INF
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber), 19 December 2022 –Aziz v EEAS
(Case C‑317/22 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Access to documents – Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 – Documents allegedly held by the European External Action Service (EEAS) – Action directed against the express rejection of the request for access to documents – Admissibility – Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Sufficiently clear and precise statement of the pleas in law relied on – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
1.
Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought by the applicant – Requirement not met – Inadmissibility
(Art. 263 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see paragraphs 11, 12, 17, 20, 21)
2.
Appeal – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))
(see paragraphs 25, 26)
3.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised against a ground of the order which is not essential to its operative part – Invalid plea in law
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paragraph 28)
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mr Ahmad Aziz shall bear his own costs.