CELEX: 62019CA0650
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Case C-650/19 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 October 2021 — Vialto Consulting Kft. v European Commission (Appeal — Action for damages — Non-contractual liability — Pre-Accession Assistance Instrument — Decentralised management — Investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — On-the-spot checks — Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 — Article 7 — Access to computer data — Digital forensic operation — Legitimate expectations — Right to be heard — Non-material damage)

3.1.2022   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 2/3
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 October 2021 — Vialto Consulting Kft. v European Commission
      (Case C-650/19 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Action for damages - Non-contractual liability - Pre-Accession Assistance Instrument - Decentralised management - Investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) - On-the-spot checks - Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 - Article 7 - Access to computer data - Digital forensic operation - Legitimate expectations - Right to be heard - Non-material damage)
      (2022/C 2/04)
      Language of the case: Greek
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: Vialto Consulting Kft. (represented by: D. Sigalas and S. Paliou, dikigoroi)
      
         Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou, J. Baquero Cruz and A. Katsimerou, acting as Agents)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 26 June 2019, Vialto Consulting v Commission (T-617/17, not published, EU:T:2019:446) in so far as it rejected as unfounded the complaint raised by Vialto Consulting Kft. concerning the European Commission’s infringement of the right to be heard;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union for a ruling on the conditions for incurring the non-contractual liability of the European Union relating to the existence of a causal link between the infringement by the European Commission of the right to be heard and the damage complained of, as well as the fact of damage;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Reserves the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 372, 4.11.2019.