62020CJ0063_INF
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 May 2021 – Dickmanns v EUIPO
(Case C‑63/20 P) (
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(Appeal – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Fixed-term contract with a termination clause – Not included on the reserve list for a competition – Purely confirmatory measure – Time for bringing a complaint)
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Actions brought by officials – Action for the annulment of a confirmatory decision – Inadmissibility – Concept of confirmatory decision – Re-examination of an earlier decision in response to a claim of new and substantial facts – Not included – Concept of new and substantial facts – Scope
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91)
(see paras 30, 34, 36, 38)
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Actions brought by officials – Prior administrative complaint – Implied rejection of a request not challenged within the prescribed time limit – Subsequent express decision – Confirmatory measure – Time-barred
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 32, 37)
3.
Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see para. 39)
4.
Appeal – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paras 49, 50)
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Judicial proceedings – Time limits for instituting proceedings – Time-barred – Strict application of EU rules
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 41(1) and 47)
(see paras 53, 54, 57-59)
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Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 119)
(see para. 62)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Ms Sigrid Dickmanns to pay the costs of the present proceedings.
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