Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:791
Date: 2017-11-08
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for damages - unfounded;Staff cases;Action for damages - inadmissible
Origin: Luxembourg

summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Application for compensation for damage allegedly caused by an EU institution — Factors enabling identification of the conduct of which the institution is accused, the causal link and the reality and certainty of the damage caused (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court (1991), Art. 44(c); Rules of Procedure of the General Court (2015), Art. 86) (see paras 45, 46) 3. Judicial proceedings — Duration of the proceedings before the General Court — Reasonable time — Criteria for assessment (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47, second para.) (see paras 62-65) Re: APPLICATION under Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage which the applicant claims to have suffered as a result of, first, the adoption by the EU legislature of certain guidelines concerning laser treatment, second, the allegedly excessive duration of the proceedings before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal and the General Court in relation to his request for reimbursement of the medical fees connected with laser treatment, third, the supposedly unfair nature of those proceedings and, fourth, the numerous actions which he has been compelled to bring by the Civil Service Tribunal and the General Court. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Mr Carlo De Nicola to pay the costs relating to the present proceedings before both the General Court of the European Union and the European Union Civil Service Tribunal.