Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:C:2021:848
Date: 2021-10-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Action for damages

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 14 October 2021 – KF v SatCen (Case C‑464/20 P)(1) (Appeal – Institutional law – Staff of the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) – Members of the contract staff – Manner in which the administrative investigation was carried out in respect of the applicant – Reopening of the investigation – Compliance with the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 25 October 2018, KF v SatCen (T‑286/15, EU:T:2018:718) – Action for annulment and for damages) 1. Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Acts producing binding legal effects as regards third parties – Decision to open an administrative investigation within the European Union Satellite Centre – Preparatory act – Precluded – Existence of infringements of the rights of the defence – Irrelevant (Art. 263 TFEU) (see paras 26, 27) 2. EU agencies – European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) – Non-contractual liability – Compensation for damage caused to a staff member – Close link between the action for annulment and for damages – Inadmissibility of the action for annulment entailing inadmissibility of the action for damages (Arts 263, 268 and 340 TFEU) (see paras 48, 49) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders KF to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 433, 14.12.2020.