Parties
Grounds
Operative part
Parties
JOINED CASES 219 TO 228 , 230 TO 235 , 237 , 238 AND 240 TO 242/80
MAURICE ANDRE AND OTHERS
V
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Grounds
ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 91 ( 3 ) OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THE REMAINDER OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE OBJECTION RAISED , AFTER THE OPPOSITE PARTY HAS PUT FORWARD HIS SUBMISSIONS AND THE GROUNDS FOR THEM , IS TO BE ORAL UNLESS THE COURT DECIDES OTHERWISE . THE COURT TAKES THE VIEW THAT IN THIS CASE IT HAS SUFFICIENT INFORMATION AND THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO OPEN THE ORAL PROCEDURE .
THE APPLICATIONS ARE OBVIOUSLY INADMISSIBLE IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE DIRECTED AGAINST THE COUNCIL .
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 91 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS ACTIONS BROUGHT BY OFFICIALS UNDER ARTICLE 179 OF THE EEC TREATY MUST BE DIRECTED AGAINST THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY . TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY ARE DIRECTED AGAINST THE COUNCIL , THESE ACTIONS DO NOT SATISFY THAT CONDITION .
FURTHERMORE , AS REGULATIONS NOS 160/80 AND 161/80 ARE NEITHER DECISIONS ADDRESSED TO THE APPLICANTS NOR DECISIONS WHICH , ALTHOUGH IN THE FORM OF REGULATIONS , ARE OF DIRECT AND INDIVIDUAL CONCERN TO THEM , THE APPLICATIONS ARE EQUALLY INADMISSIBLE IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE BASED ON ARTICLE 173 OF THE EEC TREATY .
Operative part
ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLES 69 , 70 AND 91 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND TO THE VIEWS OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL ,
THE COURT ( FIRST CHAMBER )
COMPOSED OF : T . KOOPMANS , PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER , A . O ' KEEFFE AND G . BOSCO , JUDGES ,
ADVOCATE GENERAL : S . ROZES
REGISTRAR : A . VAN HOUTTE
HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS :
1 . THE APPLICATIONS ARE DISMISSED AS INADMISSIBLE IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE DIRECTED AGAINST THE COUNCIL .
2 . THE COUNCIL SHALL BEAR ITS OWN COSTS ; THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE APPLICANTS ARE RESERVED .
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