Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 7 March 2013 — Altner v Commission

(Case C-289/12 P)

‛Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Measure not subject to review — Whether there is an obligation to hear the Advocate General before giving a decision by reasoned order pursuant to Article 111 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)’

1. Appeals — Grounds — Necessity of some specific criticism of a point in the General Court’s reasoning (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see paras 12, 13)

2. Judicial proceedings — Decision taken by way of reasoned order — Conditions — Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly lacking any legal basis — Order delivered without a judge having been designated as Advocate General — Lawfulness (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 2(2), 18, 19 and 111) (see paras 18-20)

Re:

Appeal against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 March 2012 in Case T-535/11 Altner v Commission dismissing as manifestly inadmissible the applicant’s action for annulment of the Commission’s letter of 25 August 2011 informing him that, not having competence to intervene in the judicial organisation of the Member States, it could not investigate the complaint he had lodged — Infringement of Article 111 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Infringement of the independence of lawyers of the European Union — Infringement of the coherence and unity of EU law by the non-transparent financing of political parties at European level.

Operative part:

1. The appeal is dismissed

2. Mr Zdeněk Altner is ordered to pay the costs.

Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 7 March 2013 — Altner v Commission

(Case C-289/12 P)

‛Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Measure not subject to review — Whether there is an obligation to hear the Advocate General before giving a decision by reasoned order pursuant to Article 111 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)’

1. Appeals — Grounds — Necessity of some specific criticism of a point in the General Court’s reasoning (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see paras 12, 13)

2. Judicial proceedings — Decision taken by way of reasoned order — Conditions — Appeal manifestly inadmissible or manifestly lacking any legal basis — Order delivered without a judge having been designated as Advocate General — Lawfulness (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 2(2), 18, 19 and 111) (see paras 18-20)

Re:

Appeal against the order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 23 March 2012 in Case T-535/11 Altner v Commission dismissing as manifestly inadmissible the applicant’s action for annulment of the Commission’s letter of 25 August 2011 informing him that, not having competence to intervene in the judicial organisation of the Member States, it could not investigate the complaint he had lodged — Infringement of Article 111 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court — Infringement of the independence of lawyers of the European Union — Infringement of the coherence and unity of EU law by the non-transparent financing of political parties at European level.

Operative part:

1. The appeal is dismissed