Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 November 2012 —
Städter v ECB

(Case C‑102/12 P)

Appeal — Decisions adopted by the European Central Bank — Action for annulment — Action brought out of time — Appeal manifestly unfounded

1.                     Actions for annulment — Time-limits — Point from which time starts to run — Date on which the measure at issue was published — Calculation (Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 102) (see paras 10-12)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Time-limits — Mandatory — Application lodged out of time — Manifest inadmissibility (Art.263, sixth para., TFEU) (see paras 13-15)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (First Chamber) of 16 December 2011 in Case T‑532/11 Städter v ECB , by which the General Court dismissed as manifestly inadmissible the action brought by the applicant seeking annulment, first, of the decisions of the ECB of 6 May 2010, 31 March 2011 and 7 July 2011 on temporary measures relating to the eligibility of marketable debt instruments issued or guaranteed by the Greek, Irish and Portuguese Governments (OJ 2010 L 117, p. 102; OJ 2011 L 94, p. 33; OJ 2011 L 182, p. 31) and, second, the ECB’s decision of 14 May 2010 establishing a securities markets programme (OJ 2010 L 124, p. 8).

Operative part:

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. Stefan Städter is ordered to bear his own costs.