Action brought on 30 November 2007 - Strack v Commission

(Case F-132/07)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Guido Strack (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

The subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the Commission's decision of 23 July 2007 together with the implied decisions of 9 August 2007 and 11 September 2007 supplementary thereto and the decision of 9 November 2007 in so far as they reject the applicant's requests of 9 April 2007, 11 May 2007 and 11 October 2007 for authorisation to (i) publish documents (in the light of all legal considerations, in particular Articles 17, 17a, 19 and 24 of the Staff Regulations and any copyright and data protection provisions) and (ii) report (ex-)Commissioners and Commission officials to the prosecuting authorities; and damages in the sum of at least EUR 10 000.

Form of order sought

Annul the Commission's decision of 23 July 2007 together with the implied decisions of 9 August 2007 and 11 September 2007 supplementary thereto and the decision of 9 November 2007 in so far as they reject the applicant's requests of 9 April 2007, 11 May 2007 and 11 October 2007 for authorisation to (i) publish documents (in the light of all legal considerations, in particular Articles 17, 17a, 19 and 24 of the Staff Regulations and any copyright and data protection provisions) and (ii) report (ex-)Commissioners and Commission officials to the prosecuting authorities;

order the defendant to pay the applicant damages in the sum of at least EUR 10 000 for the non-material damage and damage to health caused to the applicant by the decisions which are to be annulled;

order the European Commission to pay the costs.

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