Decision of the Court of Justice (Review Chamber) of 9 September 2014 to review the judgment of the General Court (Appeals Chamber) delivered on 10 July 2014 in Case T-401/11 P Missir Mamachi di Lusignano v European Commission

(Case C-417/14 RX)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties to the proceedings before the General Court

Applicant: Livio Missir Mamachi di Lusignano (represented by: Fabrizio di Gianni, Renato Antonini, Gabriele Coppo and Aldo Scalini, avvocati)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission

Questions to be reviewed

The review shall concern the question whether the judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Missir Mamachi di Lusignano v Commission (T-401/11 P, EU:T:2014:625) affects the unity or consistency of EU law in that the General Court, as the court hearing the appeal, held that it had jurisdiction to rule, as the court of first instance, on an action to establish non-contractual liability of the European Union

–    alleging failure of an institution in its duty to ensure the protection of its officials,

–    brought by third parties, in their capacity as heirs and successors of a deceased official and as a family member of such an official, and

–    seeking compensation for the non-material harm suffered by the deceased official himself and the material and non-material harm suffered by those third parties.

The persons referred to in Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the parties to the proceedings before the General Court of the European Union are invited to lodge their written observations on those questions at the Court of Justice of the European Union within one month of service of the above decision.