ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber)
4 February 2013 (1)
(Rectification of a judgment – Article 84(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Period allowed for introducing an application for rectification – Inadmissibility)
In Case T-590/10 REC I,
Gabi Thesing, residing in London (United Kingdom),
Bloomberg Finance LP, established in Wilmington, Delaware (United States),
represented by M. Stephens and R. Lands, Solicitors, and T. Pitt-Payne QC,
applicants,
v
European Central Bank (ECB), represented initially by A. Sáinz de Vieuña Barroso, M. López Torres and S. Lambrinoc, and subsequently by M. López Torres and S. Lambrinoc, acting as Agents,
defendant,
APPLICATION for annulment of the decision of the ECB’s Executive Board, which was notified to Ms Thesing by letter of the President of the ECB of 21 October 2010, rejecting an application by Ms Thesing for access to two documents concerning the government deficit and debt of the Hellenic Republic,
THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber),
composed of A. Dittrich (Rapporteur), President, I. Wiszniewska-Białecka and M. Prek, Judges,
Registrar: E. Coulon,
makes the following
Order
1 On 29 November 2012 the Court gave judgment in Case T-590/10 Thesing and Bloomberg Finance v ECB.
2 By letter lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 8 January 2013, the applicants requested the amendment of the aforementioned judgment. By decision of the President of the Seventh Chamber, the request of the applicants was qualified as an application for rectification.
3 In accordance with Article 84(1) of the Rules of Procedure, an application for rectification must be brought within two weeks after the delivery of a judgment. In accordance with Article 102(2) of the Rules of Procedure, that time-limit is to be extended on account of distance by a single period of 10 days.
4 In the case at hand, the judgment which is subject of the application for rectification was served on the applicants on 29 November 2012.
5 In accordance with Article 84(1) of the Rules of Procedure, the period of time allowed for the introduction of an application for rectification commenced to run on that date. Such period, extended on account of distance by a single period of 10 days, in accordance with Article 102(2) of the Rules of Procedure, ended on 23 December 2012. However, since that date fell on a Sunday, in accordance with Article 101(2) of the Rules of Procedure, the period ended at the end of the first following working day, on 24 December 2012.
6 It follows that the application for rectification lodged at the Court’s Registry on 8 January 2013 is out of time.
7 Under these circumstances, the application for rectification must be dismissed as inadmissible and there is no need for it to be served on the defendant.
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On those grounds,
THE GENERAL COURT (Seventh Chamber)
hereby orders:
The application for rectification is dismissed.
Luxembourg, 4 February 2013.