Action brought on 2 July 2012 - Evropaiki Dinamiki v Commission

(Case T-297/12)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: Evropaiki Dinamiki - Proigmena Sistimata Tilepikinonion Pliroforikis kai Tilematikis AE (Athens, Greece) (represented by: V. Khristianos, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

order the Commission to pay it the sum of EUR 50 000 as compensation for the harm to its professional reputation which it has suffered on account of infringement of its professional confidentiality by the Commission, with compensatory interest from 3 July 2007 to delivery of the judgment in the present dispute and until full payment;

order the Commission to pay its costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

By the present action, the applicant seeks compensation from the General Court of the European Union for the harm which it has suffered on account of the unlawful conduct on the part of the European Commission ('the Commission'), under the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU (non-contractual liability of the European Union). Specifically, the Commission caused damage to the applicant's professional reputation by sending a document which concerned an investigation being conducted in respect of the applicant to third-party companies on 3 July 2007.

The applicant submits that the conditions for establishing the Commission's non-contractual liability, as set out in settled case-law, that enable it to be compensated for the damage to its professional reputation are met, since the Commission unlawfully disclosed to third parties the existence and the content of an investigation conducted in its regard and confidential professional data concerning it.

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