Judgment_paragraph 52 · Sniace, SA v Commission of the European Communities (T-88/01)

52However, it is settled case-law that, under Article 113 of the Rules of Procedure, the Court may at any time of its own motion consider whether there exists any absolute bar to proceeding with a case, including any raised by interveners (Case T-266/94 Skibsvaerftsforeningen and Others v Commission [1996] ECR II-1399, paragraph 40; Case T-239/94 EISA v Commission [1997] ECR II-1839, paragraph 26, and Case T-174/95 Svenska Journalistförbundet v Council [1998] ECR II-2289, paragraph 79; see also, to that effect, Joined Cases C-305/86 and C-160/87 Neotype Techmashexport v Commission and Council [1990] ECR I-2945, paragraph 18; Case C-313/90 CIRFS and Others v Commission [1993] ECR I-1125, paragraph 23, and Case C-225/91 Matra v Commission [1993] ECR I-3203, paragraph 13).