Order of the President of the General Court of 24 March 2017 —
RV v Commission

(Case T‑167/17 R)

(Interim measures — Civil Service — Placed on leave and automatically retired — Application for a stay of execution — Not urgent)

1.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Cumulative nature — Balancing of all the interests involved — Order of examination and method of verification — Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief

(Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 10-13)

2.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Purely hypothetical damage based on the happening of future and uncertain events — Insufficient to demonstrate urgency

(Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 16, 17, 28)

3.      Application for interim measures — Admissibility criteria — Application — Formal requirements — Pleas establishing a prima facie case for the measures applied for — No concrete and precise indications, supported by detailed documentary evidence, as to the financial loss alleged — Inadmissibility

(Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 18-21, 27)

Re:

APPLICATION on the basis of Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU seeking a stay of execution of the Commission’s decision of 21 December 2016 placing the applicant on leave in the interests of the service and retiring the applicant automatically with effect from 1 April 2017.

Operative part

1. The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2. Costs are reserved.