Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 February 2009 – Correia de Matos v Commission
(Case C‑290/08 P)
Appeals – Application for the word ‘prejudicial’ to be replaced by the word ‘pré-judicial’ in the Portuguese-language version of Community provisions – Commission decision not to accede to the request – Appeal partly manifestly inadmissible and partly manifestly unfounded
1.Actions for annulment – Actionable measures – Meaning – Measures producing binding legal effects – Commission letter rejecting a request for the terminological rectification of Article 234 EC in the Portuguese-language version – Commission incompetent to amend the provisions of the Treaty – Action manifestly unfounded (Art. 230 EC) (see paras 14-15)
2.Appeals – Grounds – Error of law relied on not identified – Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21 and 56; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see paras 18-22)
Re:
| Appeal brought against the order of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 9 April 2008 in Case T-38/08 | Corriea de Matos | v | Commission | by which the Court of First Instance dismissed an action for the annulment of the Commission’s letter of 23 October 2007, sent to the applicant in response to his application for the word ‘prejudicial’, in the Portuguese‑language version of Article 234 EC, to be replaced by the word ‘pré‑judicial’. |
Operative part
1. |
| The appeal is dismissed. |
2. |
| Mr Correia de Matos is ordered to pay the costs. |