Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2023:109
Date: 2023-03-08
Language of the case: English
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for damages - unfounded;Action for failure to act - inadmissible

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 8 March 2023 – Sánchez-Gavito León v Council and Commission (Case T‑100/21) (1) (International Cotton Advisory Committee – Decision (EU) 2017/876 – Staff of an international organisation to which the European Union has acceded – Agreement on the applicant’s conditions of departure – Actions for failure to act – Absence in part of invitation to act – No standing to bring proceedings – Inadmissibility – Liability – Causal link) 1. Actions for failure to act – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Claim seeking that directions be issued to an institution – Not permissible (Art. 265 TFEU) (see paragraph 29) 2. Actions for failure to act – Institution called upon to act – Invitation to act – Clear and express request – None – Inadmissibility (Art. 265, second para., TFEU) (see paragraph 39) 3. Actions for failure to act – Natural or legal persons – Admissibility criteria – Locus standi – Measures of direct and individual concern to them – Direct concern – Criteria – Not directly concerned – Inadmissibility (Arts 263, fourth para., and 265, third para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 59-61, 64, 65) 4. Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Identification of the subject matter of the dispute – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Application for compensation for damage allegedly caused by an EU institution – Factors enabling identification of the conduct of which the institution is accused, the causal link and the reality and certainty of the damage caused (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d)) (see paragraph 71) 5. Actions for damages – Autonomy in relation to action for annulment and action for failure to act – Action for failure to act brought at the same time as an action for damages – Principle of the autonomy of remedies – Action for failure to act inadmissible – No effect on the action for damages (Arts 268 and 340, second para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 87-89) 6. Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – One of the conditions not satisfied – Action for damages dismissed in its entirety – No causal link (Art. 340, second para., TFEU) (see paragraphs 94-98) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Ms María del Carmen Sánchez-Gavito León to pay the costs. 1 OJ C 182, 10.5.2021.