ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT
24 March 2010 (1)
(Legal aid)
In Case T-108/10 AJ,
Emmanuel Nicholas Lazaridis, residing in Heraklion (Greece),
applicant,
v
European Commission,
defendant,
APPLICATION for legal aid under Article 95 of the Rules of Procedure,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT
makes the following
Order
having regard to Article 94(3) of the Rules of Procedure,
having regard to Article 96(1) of the Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the application for legal aid lodged at the Registry of the General Court on 3 March 2010,
having regard to the action in respect of which legal aid is sought, as described on the application form for legal aid,
having regard to the fact that the European Commission is not bound to initiate the procedure under Article 258 TFUE but has a discretion which excludes the right of individuals to require it to adopt a specific position, and that, in the absence of procedural rights laid down in the law of the European Union under which they may require the Commission to inform them and to grant them a hearing, it is not open to persons who have lodged a complaint to bring an action before the judicature of the European Union against a decision to take no further action on their complaint (see, to that effect, order of the Court of Justice in Case C‑422/97 P Sateba v Commission [1998] ECR I‑4913, paragraph 42, and order of the General Court in Case T‑202/02 Makedoniko Metro and Michaniki v Commission [2004] ECR II‑181, paragraph 46),
the action in respect of which legal aid is sought is manifestly inadmissible,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL COURT
hereby orders:
The application for legal aid in Case T-108/10 AJ is dismissed.
Luxembourg, 24 March 2010 .