Action brought on 15 February 2024 – UU v Court of Justice of the European Union

(Case T-84/24)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: UU (represented by: S. Makoumbou, lawyer)

Defendant: Court of Justice of the European Union

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision and, accordingly, the previous decisions which the contested decision confirms;

award compensation for the material and non-material damage suffered by the applicant, estimated ex aequo et bono at EUR 200 000;

order the defendant to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action against the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 December 2023 rejecting her request for review of a number of previous decisions, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.

First plea in law, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons.

Second plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of good administration.

Third plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment in the weighing up of the interests at stake as well as an error of law in the interpretation and application of Article 17(4) of Regulation 2018/1725, ¹ and, in the alternative, raising a plea of illegality in respect of that provision.

Fourth plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of proportionality.

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¹ Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ 2018 L 295, p. 39).