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Document 62019CO0575

    Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 June 2020.
    GMP-Orphan (GMPO) v European Commission.
    Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Service of the judgment under appeal by means of e-Curia – Appeal lodged out of time – Extension of the time limit – Precluded – Appeal manifestly inadmissible.
    Case C-575/19 P.

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:448

     Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 11 June 2020 – GMPO v Commission

    (Case C‑575/19 P)

    (Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Service of the judgment under appeal by means of e-Curia – Appeal lodged out of time – Extension of the time limit – Precluded – Appeal manifestly inadmissible)

    1. 

    Action for annulment – Time limits – Point from which time starts to run – Notification – Calculation

    (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 49(1)(b))

    (see para. 30)

    2. 

    Judicial proceedings – Time limit for instituting proceedings – Claim barred by lapse of time – Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure – Concept composed of objective and subjective elements – Limits

    (Statue of the Court of Justice, Art. 45, second para., (d))

    (see paras 33-35)

    3. 

    Judicial proceedings – Time limit for instituting proceedings – Claim barred by lapse of time – Excusable error – Concept – Scope

    (Statue of the Court of Justice, Art. 45)

    (see paras 36, 37)

    4. 

    Judicial proceedings – Time limit for instituting proceedings – Claim barred by lapse of time – Strict application of EU rules

    (see paras 38-41)

    Operative part

    1. 

    The appeal is dismissed as being manifestly inadmissible.

    2. 

    GMP-Orphan SA shall bear its own costs.

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