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Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 5 February 2020 — Dickmanns v EUIPO

(Case C‑631/19 P)

(Appeal — Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Clause terminating the contract in the event that the name of the agent is not included on the reserve list of the next general competition — Exercise of the termination clause — Action for annulment and for damages)

| 1. | Action for annulment — Action against a decision refusing to withdraw or amend an earlier act — Inadmissibility — Concept of confirmatory decision — Re-examination of an earlier decision in reply to a claim of new and substantial facts — Precluded — Concept of new and substantial facts — Scope  (Art. 263 TFEU)  (see paras 4, 5) |

| 2. | 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  (Art. 256 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 58, first para.)  (see paras 4, 5) |

| 3. | Judicial proceedings — Time limit for instituting proceedings — Claim barred by lapse of time — Strict application of EU rules  (see paras 4, 5) |

Operative part

| 1. | The appeal is dismissed as manifestly unfounded. |

| 2. | Mrs Sigrid Dickmanns shall bear her own costs. |

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