62019CO0631_INF
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 February 2020 — Dickmanns v EUIPO
(Case C‑631/19 P)
(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Clause terminating the contract in the event that the name of the agent is not included on the reserve list of the next general competition — Exercise of the termination clause — Action for annulment and for damages)
1.
Action for annulment — Action against a decision refusing to withdraw or amend an earlier act — Inadmissibility — Concept of confirmatory decision — Re-examination of an earlier decision in reply to a claim of new and substantial facts — Precluded — Concept of new and substantial facts — Scope
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paras 4, 5)
2.
Appeal — Grounds — 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
(Art. 256 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paras 4, 5)
3.
Judicial proceedings — Time limit for instituting proceedings — Claim barred by lapse of time — Strict application of EU rules
(see paras 4, 5)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mrs Sigrid Dickmanns shall bear her own costs.