Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2020:634
Date: 2020-12-17
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for damages - inadmissible
Origin: Luxembourg

Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2020 – IM v EIB (Case T‑872/19) (Action for damages – Institutional law – Position of Chief Executive of the EIF – Vacancy notice – Rejection of the applicant’s application – Lack of autonomy of remedies – Time limit for bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility) 1. Actions for damages – Autonomy in relation to the action for annulment – Action seeking the withdrawal of an individual decision which has become definitive – Inadmissibility (Arts 263, 268 and 340, second para., TFEU) (see paras 20-22) 2. Actions for damages – Autonomy in relation to the action for annulment – Limits – Action seeking the same outcome as the action for annulment – Inadmissibility (Arts 263, 268 and 340, second para., TFEU) (see para. 24) 3. Action for annulment – Actionable measures – Concept – Measures producing binding legal effects – Rejection of an application for a position – Included (Art. 263 TFEU) (see para. 33) 4. Judicial proceedings – General Court seised under an arbitration clause – EU judicature not having jurisdiction in the absence of an expression of the intention of the parties to confer jurisdiction upon it to rule on a contractual dispute (Arts 256 and 274 TFEU) (see paras 41, 42) Re: Application based on Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant following the decisions of 3 and 9 October 2019 by which the EIB rejected the applicant’s application for the position of Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund (EIF). Operative part 1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible. 2. IM shall pay the costs.