Order;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2021:825
Date: 2021-11-25
Language of the case: English
Court formation: President of the Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases;Application for interim measures - inadmissible;Action for damages

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 May 2022 – VP v Cedefop (Case T-534/21) (1) (Action for annulment and for damages – Civil service – Temporary staff – Request for renewal of a contract for an indefinite period – Decision not to renew – Action for annulment and for damages – Actionable measure – Manifest inadmissibility) 1. Officials – Acts of the administration – Presumption of validity – Non-existent act – Concept – Act adopted in breach of the rules of competence – Precluded (Art. 288 TFEU) (see paras 26-28, 34-38) 2. Actions brought by officials – Prior administrative complaint – Annulment of the contested act following the upholding of the complaint – Obligation of the administration to adopt a new decision in the light of the objections made in the complaint (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 90) (see paras 41, 43) 3. Actions brought by officials – Judgment annulling a measure – Effects – Obligation to implement – Judgment annulling a decision not to renew the contract of a member of the temporary staff – Applicant’s claim for compensation for the damage suffered – Premature nature of the claim (Art. 266 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91) (see para. 45) Operative part 1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible. 2. VP shall bear her own costs as well as the costs incurred by European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), including the costs of the proceedings for interim measures. 1 OJ C 431, 25.10.2021.