Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2011 – Victoria Sánchez v Parliament and Commission

(Case C-52/11 P)

Appeal – Action for failure to act – Letter addressed to the Parliament and Commission – Response – Decision to take no further action – Appeal manifestly unfounded and manifestly inadmissible

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 para. 20)

2.                     Appeals – Grounds – Error of law – Failure of the Parliament and the Commission to examine a petition submitted by the appellant – Claims inconsistent with the body of the application brought before the General Court – No error (Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU) (see paras 21-23)

3.                     Appeals – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court – Error of law relied on not identified – Inadmissibility (Art. 256 TFUE; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 112(1)(c)) (see para. 30)

4.                     Actions for failure to act – Jurisdiction of the Union judicature – Directions issued to an institution – Not permissible (Art. 265 TFEU) (see para. 38)

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