58In that regard, it is apparent from the wording of the third paragraph of Article 19 of the Statute, and in particular from the use of the term ‘represented’, that a ‘party’ as referred to in that provision, whatever that party’s standing, is not authorised to act on its own behalf before a Court of the European Union, but must use the services of a third party. Other provisions of that Statute or of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, such as the first paragraph of Article 21 of the Statute and Article 44(1)(b), Article 57(1) and Article 119(1) of those Rules of Procedure, also confirm that a party and its legal representative cannot be one and the same person (orders of 5 December 1996, Lopes v Court of Justice, C‑174/96 P, EU:C:1996:473, paragraph 11; of 16 March 2006, Correia de Matos v Commission, C‑200/05 P, not published, EU:C:2006:187, paragraph 10; and of 6 April 2017, PITEE v Commission, C‑464/16 P, not published, EU:C:2017:291, paragraph 23).
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