EUR-Lex -  61996TO0157 - EN - Order of the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber) of 19 February 1997. - Paolo Salvatore Affatato v Commission of the European Communities. - Legal aid. - Case T-157/96 AJ.

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Procedure - Application for legal aid - Lodging of the application without the assistance of a lawyer subsequent to the initiation of proceedings by a lawyer - Admissible

(Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, Art. 94(2), second subpara.)

Summary

Under the second subparagraph of Article 94(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, an application for legal aid need not be made through a lawyer. That exemption applies not only where the application is made prior to the proceedings which the applicant wishes to commence, but also where it is made after the proceedings have been initiated by a lawyer.

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