62021CO0169_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 January 2022 – Spadafora v Commission
(Case C‑169/21 P)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Civil service – Notice of vacancy – Job of Head of Unit in the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) – New selection procedure after the cancellation of the first appointment – Rejection of application)
1.
Appeal – Grounds of appeal – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Plea alleging distortion of the clear sense of the facts and evidence – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paras 4 [4-6, 34, 35, 47], 5)
2.
Appeal – Grounds of appeal – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence – Material inaccuracy of the findings of fact not resulting from the documents in the file – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(2)
(see paras 4 [14], 5)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mr Sergio Spadafora shall bear his own costs.