62021CO0816_INF
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.