62021CJ0063_INF
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 June 2022 –Camerin v Commission
(Case C‑63/21 P) (
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(Appeal – Civil service – Former official – Sums deducted from retirement pension – Enforcement of a decision of a national court – Action for annulment and for damages)
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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 – Plea alleging distortion of the facts – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion
(Art. 256(1), 2nd subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58(1))
(see paras 31-33)
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Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1), 2nd subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58(1))
(see paras 41-43)
3.
Action for annulment – Natural or legal persons – Interest in bringing proceedings – Need for a vested and present interest – Assessment at the time when the action was brought – Basis of a possible action for compensation – Admissibility – Conditions
(Art. 263 TFEU)
(see paras 47-50)
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Judicial proceedings – Introduction of new pleas during the proceedings – Plea raised for the first time at the reply stage – Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 84)
(see paras 66, 67)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Laure Camerin to bear her own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.
(
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)	OJ C 228, 14.6.2021.