Judgment_paragraph 50 · Evropaïki Dynamiki — Proigmena Systimata Tilepikoinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE v European Commission (C-469/11 P)

50Procedural time-limits are laid down with a view to ensuring due administration of justice, clarity and legal certainty (see, to that effect, Case 227/83 Moussis v Commission [1984] ECR 3133, paragraph 12, and Case 191/84 Barcella and Others v Commission [1986] ECR 1541, paragraph 12). Thus, in particular, periods prescribed for bringing proceedings, such as that laid down in the sixth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU, and for bringing appeals, such as that laid down in the first paragraph of Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice, are intended to ensure that administrative decisions and decisions of the courts become final and so to protect public interests. In consequence, periods prescribed for bringing proceedings are a matter of public policy and are therefore not within the discretion of the parties or the court, since compliance with them is to be examined by the European Union Court of its own motion (see, to that effect, Case C-246/95 Coen [1997] ECR I-403, paragraph 21 and the case‑law cited).