62018TO0756_INF
Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 December 2019 –AG v Europol
(Case T‑756/18)
(Action for annulment — Civil service — Decision (EU) 2015/1889 on the dissolution of the Europol pension fund — Failure to follow the pre-litigation procedure — Inadmissibility)
1.
Actions brought by officials — Admissibility criteria — Compliance with the prior administrative procedure
(Art. 270 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90(2) and 91(2))
(see paras 41, 42)
2.
Actions brought by officials — Acts adversely affecting an official — Meaning — Measures producing binding legal effects — Closing report of a pension fund including an annex treated as a group of individual decisions — Included — Inadequate statement of reasons — Irrelevant
(Art. 270 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 25, second para., 90(2), and 91(1); Decision 2015/1889, Art. 3, first and third para.)
(see paras 43-45, 47, 49, 50, 53, 55)
3.
Actions brought by officials — Prior administrative complaint — Meaning — Classification for the courts to assess
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 90(2))
(see para. 56)
4.
Actions brought by officials — Prior administrative complaint — Time limits — Mandatory — Claim barred by lapse of time — Re-opening by a request within the meaning of Article 90(1) of the Staff Regulations — Precluded
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 58, 59)
5.
Actions brought by officials — Subject matter — Directions to the administration — Inadmissibility
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91)
(see para.66)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of Europol’s implied decision refusing the applicant’s complaint of 2 July 2018 against Europol’s implied refusal to adopt a reasoned decision concerning his entitlements in the provisional independent pension fund created by Article 37 of Annex 6 to the Europol Staff Regulations.
Operative part
1.
The action is dismissed.
2.
There is no longer any need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene made by the Council of the European Union.
3.
AG and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) shall each bear their own costs.
4.
The Council shall bear its own costs relating to its application for leave to intervene.