Order of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 October 2015 —
Arvanitis and Others v Parliament and Others

(Case T‑350/14)

Application for failure to act and for damages — Winding up of Olympiaki Aeroporia (OA) — Harm allegedly suffered by the temporary staff of OA due to the failure of the defendants to ensure the application of EU law upon redundancy — Causal link between the alleged harm and the defendants’ conduct not substantiated — Inadmissibility

1.                     Actions for failure to act — Institution not called upon to act — Inadmissibility (Art. 265(2) TFEU) (see para. 12)

2.                     Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Application for compensation for damage allegedly caused by an EU institution — Factors enabling identification of the conduct of which the institution is accused, the causal link and the reality and certainty of the damage caused (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court (1991), Art. 44(1)(c)) (see para. 17)

Re:

APPLICATION for (i) a declaration that the defendants unlawfully failed to act by not ensuring that certain rules of EU law were correctly applied when the applicants were made redundant and (ii) for damages for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicants as a result of that failure to act and of the adoption of measures by the Greek authorities pursuant to certain decisions of the Commission, the Eurogroup and the European Central Bank.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Athanasios Arvanitis and the 47 other applicants whose names are indicated in the annex to the present order are ordered to pay the costs.