Case T-148/24: Order of the General Court of 26 June 2025 – CW v Europol and Eurojust (EncroChat) (Non-contractual liability – Cooperation between police authorities and other law enforcement services of the Member States – Alleged unlawful processing of personal data – Failure to comply with formal requirements – Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure – No non-material damage suffered as a result of acts of Europol – Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-06-26
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: criminal procedure, data collection, data protection, indemnification, information storage, operation of the Institutions, personal data, protection of communications, social media








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/4792


8.9.2025






Order of the General Court of 26 June 2025 – CW v Europol and Eurojust (EncroChat)


(Case T-148/24)
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(Non-contractual liability - Cooperation between police authorities and other law enforcement services of the Member States - Alleged unlawful processing of personal data - Failure to comply with formal requirements - Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure - No non-material damage suffered as a result of acts of Europol - Action in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/4792)
Language of the case: Dutch

Parties


Applicant: CW (represented by: J. Reisinger, lawyer)

Defendants: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (represented by: J. Carmona Bermejo and N. Kyriacou, acting as Agents, and by S. Raes, S. van den Brande and P. Van Muylder, lawyers), European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (represented by: A. Nunzi, acting as Agent, and by G. Ziegenhorn, M. Kottmann and T. Shulman, lawyers)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: A. Gavela Llopis, acting as Agent), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action under Article 268 TFEU, the applicant seeks, in essence, compensation in the amount of EUR 10 000 for the non-material damage he claims to have suffered as a result of acts committed by the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), and by certain Member States.

Operative part of the order







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The action is dismissed as being manifestly inadmissible in so far as it is directed against the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust).










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The action is dismissed as being manifestly lacking any foundation in law in so far as it is directed against the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).










3.


CW shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by Eurojust and Europol.










4.


The Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall bear their own costs.






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            OJ C, C/2024/3175, 21.5.2024.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4792/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)