Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2025:444
Date: 2025-05-07
Language of the case: Greek
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Action for damages - successful;Action for damages - unfounded;Staff cases - successful;Judgment delivered after back reference

Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2021 – Hamers v Cedefop (Case T-159/20) 1 (Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Investigation conducted by OLAF – Transmission to national judicial authorities of information relating to facts liable to lead to criminal proceedings – National criminal proceedings – Acquittal – Cedefop’s conduct in relation to the national criminal proceedings – Rejection of the claim for compensation – Action for annulment and damages – Conflict of interests – Presumption of innocence – Powers of Cedefop’s Board of Appeal) Language of the case: Greek Parties Applicant: Helene Hamers (Angelochori, Greece) (represented by: V. Christianos, A. Politis, M. Rodopoulos and A. Skoulikis, lawyers) Defendant: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (represented by: J. Siebel and L. Zacheilas, acting as Agents, assisted by B. Wägenbaur and C. Meidanis, lawyers) Re: Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of Cedefop’s implied decision of 19 January 2020 rejecting the complaint concerning a claim for compensation for damage allegedly suffered by the applicant and, second, compensation for that damage. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Ms Helene Hamers to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 201, 15.6.2020.