CELEX: 62013TA0483
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-483/13: Judgment of the General Court of 20 July 2016 — Oikonomopoulos v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Damage caused by the Commission in the context of an OLAF investigation and by OLAF — Actions for damages — Action for a declaration that certain measures taken by OLAF were void and inadmissible for evidentiary purposes before the national authorities — Admissibility — Misuse of powers — Processing of personal data — Rights of the defence)

5.9.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 326/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 20 July 2016 — Oikonomopoulos v Commission
   (Case T-483/13) (1)
   
   ((Non-contractual liability - Damage caused by the Commission in the context of an OLAF investigation and by OLAF - Actions for damages - Action for a declaration that certain measures taken by OLAF were void and inadmissible for evidentiary purposes before the national authorities - Admissibility - Misuse of powers - Processing of personal data - Rights of the defence))
   (2016/C 326/38)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Athanassios Oikonomopoulos (Athens, Greece) (represented initially by N. Korogiannakis and I. Zarzoura, lawyers, and subsequently by G. Georgios, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Baquero Cruz and A. Sauka, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Application, first, for compensation for the damage caused by the Commission and by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and, secondly, that certain measures taken by OLAF be declared legally void and inadmissible for evidentiary purposes before the national authorities.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Athanassios Oikonomopoulos to pay the costs, including those incurred in the proceedings for interim relief.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 344, 23.11.2013.