V. Procedure before the Community Courts 1. Admissibility a. Standing It follows from the case law that a plea of inadmissibility alleging that an applicant lacks locus standi constitutes a ground involving a question of public policy which may, and even must, be raised of its own motion by the Community judicature, and may consequently be raised by the defendant at any stage in the proceedings.359 First, in accordance with Article 230(1) EC