62019CO0408_INF
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 31 October 2019 — Hochmann Marketing v Council
(Case C‑408/19 P)
(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Letter of the Council of the European Union stating that it is not entitled to modify the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Act not open to challenge — Manifest inadmissibility of the action at first instance — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part 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 paras 10, 11)
2.
Action for annulment — Actionable measures — Concept — Measures producing binding legal effects — Letter of the Council of the European Union stating that it is not entitled to modify the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Not included
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU)
(see para. 18)
3.
Appeal — Grounds — Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court — Error of law relied on not identified — Manifest inadmissibility
(see paras 20-22)
4.
Appeal — Grounds — Inadequate statement of reasons — Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning — Whether permissible — Conditions
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 117, 119 and 126)
(see paras 23, 24)
5.
Judicial proceedings — Decision taken by way of reasoned order — Possibility of ruling without an oral procedure — Manifestly inadmissible action
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 126)
(see paras 25-28)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded.
2.
Hochmann Marketing GmbH shall bear its own costs.