Case T‑540/13
Société européenne des chaux et liants
v
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
(Action for annulment — REACH — Imposition of an administrative charge for an error in declaration relating to the size of the undertaking — Rules on languages — Period allowed for commencing proceedings — Inadmissibility)
Summary — Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber), 2 October 2015
1. Judicial proceedings — Time-limit for instituting proceedings — Mandatory — Claim barred by lapse of time — Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure — Excusable error — Concept
(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 45, second para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 102(2))
2. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Signed original of the application not submitted before expiry of the time-limit — Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 44(6))
1. See the text of the decision.
(see paras 29-32)
2. See the text of the decision.
(see para. 51)