Order of the General Court of 4 July 2012 - ICO Satellite v Commission
(Case T-350/09)
(Actions for annulment - Period allowed for commencing proceedings - Point from which time starts to run - Absence of excusable error - Manifest inadmissibility)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: ICO Satellite Ltd (Slough, United Kingdom) (represented by: S. Tupper, Solicitor, D. Anderson QC, and D. Scannell, Barrister)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Braun and A. Nijenhuis, acting as Agents, assisted by D. Van Liedekerke and K. Platteau, lawyers)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: F. Florindo Gijón and G. Kimberley, acting as Agents), and Solaris Mobile Ltd (Dublin, Ireland) (represented by: J. Wheeler, Solicitor, and A. Robertson, Barrister)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Decision 2009/449/EC of 13 May 2009 on the selection of operators of pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services (MSS) (OJ 2009 L 149, p. 65).
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.
2. ICO Satellite Ltd shall bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.
3. The Council of the European Union and Solaris Mobile Ltd shall bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 267, 7.11.2009.