62022CO0357_INF
Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 19 December 2022 –Aziz v European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
(Case C‑357/22 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Law governing the institutions – Protection of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 – Refusal of access to personal data allegedly held by the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) – Complaints to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) following the refusal of access – Action directed against the implied rejection of the complaints – 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 statement 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 12, 13, 18, 21, 22)
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, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))
(see paragraphs 26, 27)
3.
Appeal – Grounds – Ground raised against a ground of the order which is not essential to its operative part – Invalid ground of appeal
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paragraph 29)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mr Ahmad Aziz shall bear his own costs.