Order of the General Court (First Chamber) 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

1.                     Actions for annulment — Time limits — Mandatory — Point from which time starts to run — Notification (Art. 230, fifth para., EC) (see paras 26-29, 31)

2.                     Procedure — Time limit for instituting proceedings — Claim barred by lapse of time — Excusable error — Concept (see paras 39, 41, 42)

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

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2. ICO Satellite Ltd is ordered to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.

3. The Council of the European Union and Solaris Mobile Ltd are ordered to bear their own costs.