Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2025:728
Date: 2025-07-16
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Action for damages - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 16 July 2025 – ET v EIB (Case T-417/24) 1 (Civil service – EIB staff – Individual award – OLAF investigation – Recovery of sums unduly paid – Article 16.3 of the EIB Staff Rules – Principle of good administration – Principle of transparency – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: ET (represented by: L. Levi and A. Champetier, lawyers) Defendant: European Investment Bank (represented by: T. Gilliams, C. Pierre and I. Zanin, acting as Agents, and by K. Veranneman, lawyer) Re: By his action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, the annulment of the decision of the European Investment Bank (EIB) of 11 January 2024 to recover an amount of EUR 37 817.23 paid in respect of individual awards for the years 2019 to 2021 and, secondly, compensation for the damage he claims to have suffered as a result of the recovery of that amount. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Declares that the European Investment Bank (EIB) shall bear its own costs and orders the EIB to pay half of the costs incurred by ET, the latter bearing half of his own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/5975, 14.10.2024.