Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 22 January 2019 — Kerstens v Commission

(Case C‑577/18 P)

(Appeal — Civil service — Notes informing the applicant of the resumption of administrative investigations in the context of disciplinary proceedings — Action for annulment — Acts not adversely affecting an official — Actions for damages — Manifest inadmissibility of the action at first instance — Appeal manifestly unfounded)

1.      Actions brought by officials — Acts adversely affecting an official — Preparatory act — Notes informing the applicant of the resumption of administrative investigations in the context of disciplinary proceedings — Inadmissibility

(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)

(see paras 26, 28)

2.      Officials — Disciplinary measures — Procedure — Decision to resume proceedings, for the same conduct, after annulment of a first decision on the basis of a procedural irregularity — Ne bis in idem principle — No infringement

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 50; Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex IX, Art. 9(3))

(see paras 34-39, 41)

Operative part

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. Mr Petrus Kerstens shall bear his own costs.