Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 November 2010 – VictoriaSánchez v Parliament and Commission
(Case T-61/10)
Action for failure to act – Failure to adopt measures – Application for directions to be issued – Request for protective measures – Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly devoid of any basis in law
1.Procedure – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(1)(c)) (see paras 27-31)
2.Actions for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Actionable omissions (Art. 265, third para., TFEU) (see paras 32-38)
3.Actions for failure to act – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Direction issued to an institution – Not permissible (Art. 265, second para., TFEU) (see para. 41)
Re:
| APPLICATION for a declaration of failure to act on the part of the European Parliament and the European Commission in that those institutions unlawfully failed to respond to the applicant’s letter of 6 October 2009, an application for directions to be issued and a request for protective measures. |
Operative part
1. |
| The action is dismissed. |
2. |
| Mr Fernando Marcelino Victoria Sánchez is ordered to pay the costs. |
3. |
| There is no need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene of Mr Ignacio Ruipérez Aguirre and the ACT Petition Association. |