APEDA and O'Connor v Commission

ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT (Second Chamber)21 May 2025 (*)( Action for annulment — Time limit allowed for commencing proceedings — Out of time — Manifest inadmissibility )In Case T-70/25,Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority of India (APEDA), established in New Delhi (India), and Bernard O’Connor, residing in Brussels (Belgium),represented by B. O’Connor, M. Hommé, D. Rovetta and V. Villante, lawyers,applicants,v European Commission,defendant,THE GENERAL COURT (Second Chamber)composed of A. Marcoulli, President (Rapporteur), J. Schwarcz and L. Spangsberg Grønfeldt, Judges,Registrar: V. Di Bucci,having regard to the written part of the procedure,makes the following Order 1        By its action based on Article 263 TFEU, the applicants, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority of India (APEDA) and Bernard O’Connor, seek annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 8058 final of 13 November 2024 concerning the application for access to documents registered under reference EASE 2024/1869 (‘the contested decision’).  Form of order sought by the applicants 2        The applicants claim that the Court should:–        annul the contested decision and grant them access to the documents in question ;–        order the Commission to pay the costs of the application. Law 3        Under Article 126 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, where it is clear that the General Court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine the...