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Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]

Standing (Locus Standi): Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

Chiara Amalfitano

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]
Article last updated:
June 2021

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 19 September 2024

Subject(s):
Third party participation — International courts and tribunals, procedure

Published under the direction of Hélène Ruiz Fabri, with the support of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution, under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law.

1 Although in European Union (‘EU’ or the ‘Union’) legal literature ‘standing’—to bring proceedings—or locus standi often relates to ‘natural or legal persons’—ie essentially, private parties, but also public infra-state entities and third States—in direct actions—most notably in annulment actions before the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’). For present purposes the expression is understood in a broader sense: not only as referring—and in any case—to all parties in direct actions, but also and especially to ‘the right or ability to bring a legal...
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