62020TO0377(01)_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 19 October 2020 –KN v EESC
(Case T‑377/20 RII)
(Application for interim measures – Civil Service – Member of the EESC – Harassment – OLAF investigation – EESC Bureau decision – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – New application – New facts – Lack of urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 17-20)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Dismissal of application – Possibility of bringing a new application – Condition – New facts – Concept – Condition for granting the interim measure – Capacity of new facts to call into question the assessments which determined the dismissal of the first application
(Art. 278 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 160)
(see paras 22-27, 33, 34)
Re:
Application under Articles 278 and 279 TFEU seeking suspension of operation of the decision of the EESC of 9 June 2020 by which the applicant was, inter alia, discharged from all supervisory and personnel management activities.
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.