ORDER OF THE GENERAL COURT (Appeal Chamber)

20 November 2012

Case T‑491/11 P

Luigi Marcuccio

v

European Commission

(Appeal — Civil service — Officials — Duration of the procedure for recognising partial permanent invalidity — Harm allegedly suffered by the appellant — Reimbursement of avoidable costs — Action at first instance dismissed as manifestly devoid of any basis in law — Article 94(a) of the Rules of Procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal)

Appeal:      against the order of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Third Chamber) of 30 June 2011 in Case F‑14/10 Marcuccio v Commission [2011] ECR-SC seeking to have that order set aside.

Held:      The appeal is dismissed. Mr Luigi Marcuccio is to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission in the appeal proceedings.

Summary

1.      Officials — Decision adversely affecting an official — Obligation to state reasons — Scope — No statement of reasons — Rectified in the response to the complaint

(Staff Regulations, Art. 25)

2.      Union law — Principles — Rights of defence — Audi alteram partem rule — Compliance in the context of judicial proceedings — Scope

3.      Appeals — Pleas in law — Plea against the Civil Service Tribunal’s decision as to costs — Inadmissible if all other pleas are rejected

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Annex I, Art. 11(2))

1.      See the text of the decision.

(see para. 24)

See:

T‑221/02 Lebedef and Others v Commission [2003] ECR-SC I‑A‑211 and II‑1037, para. 62

2.      See the text of the decision.

(see para. 32)

See:

C‑197/09 RX-II Review M v EMEA [2009] ECR I‑12033, paras 39 to 42

3.      See the text of the decision.

(see para. 40)

See:

Judgment of 18 October 2010 in T‑515/09 P Marcuccio v Commission, not published in the ECR, para. 59