61In that regard, and as the General Court noted in paragraph 52 of the order under appeal, it is apparent from the wording of the third paragraph of Article 19 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in particular the use of the term ‘represented’, that a ‘party’, within the meaning of 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. Thus, the submission of an application signed by the applicant itself is not sufficient for the purposes of bringing an action, even if the applicant is a lawyer authorised to plead before a national court (judgment of 4 February 2020, Uniwersytet Wrocławski and Poland v REA, C‑515/17 P and C‑561/17 P, EU:C:2020:73, paragraphs 58 and 59 and the case-law cited).
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