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Language: en
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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 20 May 2021 – Dickmanns v EUIPO

(Case C‑63/20 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62020CJ0063_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Fixed-term contract with a termination clause – Not included on the reserve list for a competition – Purely confirmatory measure – Time for bringing a complaint)

| 1. | Actions brought by officials – Action for the annulment of a confirmatory decision – Inadmissibility – Concept of confirmatory decision – Re-examination of an earlier decision in response to a claim of new and substantial facts – Not included – Concept of new and substantial facts – Scope  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91)  (see paras 30, 34, 36, 38) |

| 2. | Actions brought by officials – Prior administrative complaint – Implied rejection of a request not challenged within the prescribed time limit – Subsequent express decision – Confirmatory measure – Time-barred  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)  (see paras 32, 37) |

| 3. | Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the facts or evidence have been distorted  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 39) |

| 4. | Appeal – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary  (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))  (see paras 49, 50) |

| 5. | Judicial proceedings – Time limits for instituting proceedings – Time-barred – Strict application of EU rules  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 41(1) and 47)  (see paras 53, 54, 57-59) |

| 6. | Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 119)  (see para. 62) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

| 2. | Orders Ms Sigrid Dickmanns to pay the costs of the present proceedings. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62020CJ0063_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 201, 15.6.2020](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2020:201:TOC).

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