Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2025:829
Date: 2025-09-03
Language of the case: French
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Action for damages - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 3 September 2025 – DF v Commission (Case T-153/24) 1 (Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Recruitment – Refusal to employ on the ground that the candidate is physically unfit to perform duties – Opinion of the Medical Committee – Extent of the Medical Committee’s competence – Comprehensible link between the medical findings and the conclusion as to unfitness – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Principle of sound administration – Liability – Material and non-material damage) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: DF (represented by: A. Guillerme and S. Napolitano, lawyers) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J.-F. Brakeland and K. Talabér-Ritz, acting as Agents) Re: By her action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, the annulment of the European Commission’s decision of 12 May 2023 terminating the process of recruiting her and, second, compensation for the non-material and material damage she claims to have suffered as a result of that decision. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders DF and the European Commission to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C, C/2024/3080, 13.5.2024.