intervene, in the proceeding the Court of First Instance. Such Member States and  institutions shall be in the same position as Member States or institutions which intervened at  first instance.

Article 50

Any person whose application to intervene has been dismissed by the Court of First Instance  may appeal to the Court of Justice within two weeks of the notification of the decision  dismissing the application.

The parties to the proceedings may appeal to the Court of Justice against any decision of the  Court of First Instance made pursuant to the second or third paragraphs of Article 39 or the  third paragraph of Article 92 of the Treaty within two months from their notification.

The appeal referred to in the first two paragraphs of this Article shall be heard and determined  under the procedure referred to in Article 33 of this Statute.

Article 51

An appeal to the Court of Justice shall be limited to points of law. It shall lie on the grounds  of lack of competence of the Court of First Instance, a breach of procedure before it which  adversely affects the interests of the appellant as well as the infringement of Community law  by the Court of First Instance.

No appeal shall lie regarding only the amount of the costs or the party ordered to pay them.

Procedure before the Court

Article 52

Where an appeal is brought against a decision of the Court of First Instance, the procedure  before the Court of Justice shall consist of a written part and an oral part. In accordance with  conditions laid down in the Rules of Procedure the Court of Justice, having heard the  Advocate General and the parties, may dispense with the oral procedure.

Suspensory effect

Article 53

Without prejudice to the second and third paragraphs of Article 39 of this Treaty, an appeal  shall not have suspensory effect.

By way of derogation from Article 44 of the Treaty, decisions of the Court of First Instance  declaring a general decision or general recommendation to be void shall take effect only as  from the date of expiry of the period referred to in the first paragraph of Article 49 of this  Statute, or if an appeal shall have been brought within that period, as from the date of  dismissal of the appeal, without prejudice, however, to the right of a party to apply to the  Court of Justice pursuant to the second and third paragraphs of Article 39 of the Treaty, for

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