62021CO0773_INF
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 16 November 2023 –AV and AW v Parliament
(Case C‑773/21 P) (
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(Appeal – Civil service – Officials – Disciplinary proceedings – Disciplinary penalty – Downgrading – Investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) – Parallel national criminal proceedings – Power of attorney – Proportionality of the disciplinary penalty – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
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Appeal – Grounds – Error of law relied on not identified – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 168(1)(d) and 169(2))
(see paragraphs 39, 40, 50, 51, 58, 66, 67, 71, 72)
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Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based – Abstract statement – Inadmissibility
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169)
(see paragraph 41)
3.
Appeal – Grounds – Mere repetition of the pleas and arguments put forward before the General Court – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paragraph 73)
4.
Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of Justice of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paragraphs 74, 75)
Operative part
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The appeal is dismissed as being in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.
2.
AV and AW shall, in addition to bearing their own costs, pay those incurred by the European Parliament.
3.
The European Commission shall bear its own costs.
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