AI Summary of Article 60 Appeals
Any natural or legal person, including competent authorities, may appeal against a decision of the Authority referred to in Articles 17, 18 and 19 and any other decision taken under the Union acts in Article 1(2) that is addressed to that person, or against a decision of direct and individual concern. The appeal, with a statement of grounds, must be filed in writing at the Authority within three months of notification or, if none, within three months of publication. The Board of Appeal shall decide within three months of lodgement. An appeal does not have suspensive effect, though the Board may suspend application of the contested decision where circumstances require.
If admissible, the Board shall examine whether the appeal is well-founded, invite parties to file observations on its notifications or on communications from other parties within specified time limits, and allow oral representations. The Board may confirm the competent body’s decision or remit the case to it; that body is bound by the Board’s decision and must adopt an amended decision. The Board shall adopt and publish rules of procedure, and its decisions shall be reasoned and made public by the Authority.
Article 60 Appeals
1. Any natural or legal person, including competent authorities, may appeal against a decision of the Authority referred to in Articles 17, 18 and 19 and any other decision taken by the Authority in accordance with the Union acts referred to in Article 1(2) which is addressed to that person, or against a decision which, although in the form of a decision addressed to another person, is of direct and individual concern to that person.
2. The appeal, together with a statement of grounds, shall be filed in writing at the Authority within three months of the date of notification of the decision to the person concerned, or, in the absence of a notification, of the day on which the Authority published its decision.
The Board of Appeal shall decide upon the appeal within three months after the appeal has been lodged.
3. An appeal lodged pursuant to paragraph 1 shall not have suspensive effect.
However, the Board of Appeal may, if it considers that circumstances so require, suspend the application of the contested decision.
4. If the appeal is admissible, the Board of Appeal shall examine whether it is well-founded. It shall invite the parties to the appeal proceedings to file observations on its own notifications or on communications from the other parties to the appeal proceedings, within specified time limits. Parties to the appeal proceedings shall be entitled to make oral representations.