61986CO0276_EN
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Subject of the case
Grounds
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Parties
IN CASE 276/86
MOHAMED BELKACEM, RESIDING IN BERLIN, GARDES-DU-CORPS-STRASSE 10A, REPRESENTED BY RUPERT MULLER-VOSS, RECHTSANWALT OF BERLIN, KONSTANZER STRASSE 55,
APPLICANT,
V
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
DEFENDANT,
Subject of the case
APPLICATION FOR THE ANNULMENT OF THE DECISIONS OF THE AMTSGERICHT CHARLOTTENBURG OF 30 APRIL 1986 AND OF THE KAMMERGERICHT BERLIN OF 8 AUGUST 1986,
Grounds
1 BY APPLICATION LODGED AT THE COURT REGISTRY ON 27 OCTOBER 1986 AND REGISTERED ON 13 NOVEMBER 1986, MOHAMED BELKACEM, AN ALGERIAN NATIONAL RESIDING IN BERLIN ( WEST ), BROUGHT AN ACTION AGAINST THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FOR THE ANNULMENT OF THE DECISION OF THE AMTSGERICHT CHARLOTTENBURG OF 30 APRIL 1986 AND OF THE DECISION OF THE KAMMERGERICHT BERLIN OF 8 AUGUST 1986 .
2 THE DECISIONS IN QUESTION WERE GIVEN IN A DISPUTE BETWEEN MR BELKACEM AND HIS WIFE, ALSO AN ALGERIAN NATIONAL, CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE . MR BELKACEM CONSIDERS THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE CONTRARY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF NON-DISCRIMINATION AND THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS ENSHRINED IN ARTICLES 7, 48 AND 53 OF THE EEC TREATY .
3 NO PROVISION OF THE TREATY PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR A NATURAL OR LEGAL PERSON TO BRING AN ACTION AGAINST A MEMBER STATE BEFORE THE COURT OF JUSTICE FOR THE ANNULMENT OF DECISIONS OF NATIONAL COURTS .
4 SINCE IT IS CLEAR THAT THE COURT HAS NO JURISDICTION TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF THE PRESENT APPLICATION, IT IS NECESSARY, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 92 ( 1 ) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, TO DECLARE THE APPLICATION INADMISSIBLE EVEN BEFORE IT IS SERVED ON THE PARTY AGAINST WHOM IT IS MADE .
5 UNDER ARTICLE 69 ( 2 ) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, THE UNSUCCESSFUL PARTY IS TO BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS . AS THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED IN HIS SUBMISSIONS, HE MUST BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS,
THE COURT
HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS :
( 1 ) THE APPLICATION IS DISMISSED ;
( 2 ) THE APPLICANT IS ORDERED TO PAY THE COSTS .