Avis juridique important

Order of the Court of 5 March 1999. - Guérin automobiles EURL v Commission of the European Communities. - Appeal - Time-limit for bringing proceedings - No indication of the time-limit or of the legal remedies available. - Case C-153/98 P. European Court reports 1999 Page I-01441

Summary

Acts of the institutions - General obligation to inform addressees of the judicial remedies available and the time-limits for availing themselves thereof - No such obligation

(EC Treaty, Arts 189, 190, 191 and 192)

Articles 189, 190, 191 and 192 of the EC Treaty, which define precisely the nature of and rules applicable to the legal measures that may be adopted by the Community institutions, do not impose on those institutions any general obligation to inform the addressees of those measures of the judicial remedies available or of the time-limits for availing themselves thereof.

In the absence of express provisions of Community law, the Community administration and judicature cannot be placed under any such general obligation.