Intervention of a third country: The General Court of the European Union rejects the application to intervene of a third country due to lack of direct interest in the result of the case (Apple)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The concept of amicus curiae is not very popular in the Union's courts. While Article 15(3) of Regulation 1/2003 confers on the Commission this function of "friend of the court" before national courts (see judgment of the Court of Justice of 11 June 2009, X, case C-429/07, Case C-429/07, p. 1), the Commission has a duty to act as "amicus curiae" before national courts.), those of the Union do not seem to have any friends or, more precisely, do not particularly wish to have any. There are no procedural rules allowing a third party to join the proceedings without becoming a party to the proceedings and participating in the judicial debate. Intervention,