Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite the appellant seeking only replacement of the challenged rejection with an order of inadmissibility.
Extracted holding
The appellant lacked a legally protected interest in annulling a decision rejecting his request merely to replace it with a declaration of inadmissibility; the appeal was therefore inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 88 OJ, the appellant must have a current, practical, legally protected interest. Annulment would not repair the alleged prejudice or yield the result sought, because the dispositive outcome would remain unfavorable.