Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 December 2017.Ibram Acsen v European Parliament and Council of the European Union.Action for annulment — Directive 2011/35/EU — Merger of public limited liability companies — Nullity of the merger– No distinction between absolute nullity and relative nullity of the merger — Time-limit for bringing an action — Delay — Manifest inadmissibility.Case T-381/17.

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Order of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 December 2017 — Acsen v Parliament and Council

(case T‑381/17)

(Action for annulment — Directive 2011/35/EU — Merger of public limited liability companies — Nullity of the merger — No distinction between absolute nullity and relative nullity of the merger — Time-limit for bringing an action — Delay — Manifest inadmissibility)

Judicial proceedings—Time-limit for instituting proceedings—Claim barred by lapse of time—Unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure—Meaning—Impossibility to bring the action earlier due to the failure to comply with the admissibility conditions—Not included

(Art. 263, sixth para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 45, second para. and 53(1))

(see paras 14, 15, 17)

Re:

APPLICATION pursuant to Article 263 TFEU seeking the partial annulment of Article 22(1) (c) of Directive 2011/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 concerning mergers of public limited liability companies (OJ 2011, L 110, p. 1).

Operative part

  1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

  2. Mr Ibram Acsen is ordered to pay the costs.

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