Case T-771/20 RENV: Order of the General Court of 25 September 2025 – KS and KD v Council and Others (Actions for damages – Common foreign and security policy – Damage resulting from the alleged infringement of fundamental rights – Serious offences committed in Kosovo in 1999 – European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) – Failure to meet formal requirements – Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure – Manifest inadmissibility in part – Non-attributability of the alleged omissions – Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Date: 2025-09-25
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: EU police mission, Kosovo, cruel and degrading treatment, damages, homicide, human rights, jurisdiction, right to justice, rule of law








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C/2025/5848


10.11.2025






Order of the General Court of 25 September 2025 – KS and KD v Council and Others


(Case T-771/20 RENV)
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(Actions for damages - Common foreign and security policy - Damage resulting from the alleged infringement of fundamental rights - Serious offences committed in Kosovo in 1999 - European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) - Failure to meet formal requirements - Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure - Manifest inadmissibility in part - Non-attributability of the alleged omissions - Action in part manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
(C/2025/5848)
Language of the case: English

Parties


Applicants: KS, KD (represented by: P. Koutrakos, lawyer, F. Randolph KC, and J. Stojsavljevic-Savic, Solicitor)

Defendants: Council of the European Union (represented by: P. Mahnič and S. Lejeune, acting as Agents), European Commission (represented by: M. Carpus-Carcea and Y. Marinova, acting as Agents), European External Action Service (represented by: L. Havas, S. Marquardt and E. Orgován, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the Council: Czech Republic (represented by: J. Vláčil, D. Czechová, K. Najmanová and O. Šváb, acting as Agents), French Republic (represented by: M. de Lisi, B. Fodda, S. Royon, T. Stéhelin and B. Travard, acting as Agents)

Interveners in support of the defendants: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: M. Jacobs and C. Pochet, acting as Agents), Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (represented by: A. Germeaux and T. Schell, acting as Agents), Kingdom of the Netherlands (represented by: M. Bulterman and J. Langer, acting as Agents), Republic of Austria (represented by: J. Schmoll, M. Meisel and E. Samoilova, acting as Agents), Romania (represented by: R. Antonie, L.-E. Baţagoi, E. Gane and L. Ghiţă, acting as Agents), Republic of Finland (represented by: H. Leppo and M. Pere, acting as Agents), Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: H. Eklinder, F.-L. Göransson and R. Shahsavan Eriksson, acting as Agents)

Re:

By their action under Article 268 TFEU, read in conjunction with the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU, the applicants seek compensation for the damage which they claim to have suffered as a result of acts and omissions attributed to the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) in the context of the implementation of Council Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP of 4 February 2008 on the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX KOSOVO (OJ 2008 L 42, p. 92), in particular in the context of investigations carried out during that mission into the disappearance and killing of their family members in 1999 in Pristina (Kosovo).

Operative part of the order







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The action is dismissed.










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KS, KD, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, Romania, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden shall each bear their own costs relating to the proceedings before the General Court and before the Court of Justice.






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            OJ C 62, 22.2.2021.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/5848/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)