Order of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 4 April 2008 – Kulykovska-Pawlowski and Others v Parliament and Council

(Case T-503/07)

Actions for annulment – Period allowed for commencing proceedings – Manifest inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for annulment – Time-limits – Mandatory – Examination of the Court of First Instance’s own motion (Art. 230, fifth para., EC) (see paras 6-7)

2.                     Actions for annulment – Time-limits – Point from which time starts to run – Date of publication – Date on which a measure came to the knowledge of the applicant – Subsidiary nature (Art. 230, fifth para., EC) (see paras 8-9)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (OJ 2004 L 385, p. 1).

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders the applicants to bear their own costs,