Order — ECLI:EU:F:2007:215
Date: 2007-12-06
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: First Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Concepts: Conditions of engagement;General
Procedure: Action for damages - unfounded;Staff cases - decision unnecessary

Summary 1. Procedure – Request complied with after action was brought – Action which has become devoid of purpose – No need to adjudicate (Staff Regulations, Arts 90 and 91) 2. Officials – Non-contractual liability of the institutions – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Injury – Causal link – Cumulative conditions 1. Since the applicant has, after bringing his action, essentially obtained everything he sought from the institution, his action for annulment of the implied decision rejecting his request has become devoid of purpose and there is no longer any need to give a ruling. (see para. 26) 2. Non-contractual liability on the part of the Community is subject to a number of conditions relating to the illegality of the conduct alleged against the Community institutions, actual damage and the existence of a causal link between the conduct of the institution and the damage complained of. If any one of those conditions is not satisfied, the entire action must be dismissed and it is unnecessary to consider the other conditions for such liability. (see para. 44) See: T-165/03 Vonier v Commission [2004] ECR-SC I‑A‑343 and II‑1575, para. 78