Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 10 July 2014 —
H v Council and Others

(Case T‑271/10)

Application for annulment — Application for damages — Common foreign and security policy — National expert seconded to the EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina — Decision to redeploy — Lack of jurisdiction of the General Court — Inadmissibility

1.                     Judicial proceedings — No obligation on the General Court to commence the oral procedure before ruling on an objection of inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 114) (see paras 25, 28)

2.                     Actions for annulment — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Action against measures adopted by the head of the European Union Police Mission in the context of the secondment of a national expert to that mission — Measures falling within the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy — Not included (Arts 24(1), second para., TEU and 40 TEU; Art. 275, second para., TFEU; Council Decision 2009/906/CFSP) (see paras 34, 35)

3.                     Actions for annulment — Capacity to be a defendant — European Union Police Mission — Measures adopted by the head of such a mission in the context of the secondment of a national expert — Imputability to the national authorities — Application inadmissible — Jurisdiction of the national courts (Art. 263, first para., TFEU; Council Decision 2009/906/CFSP, Arts 5(4), 6(2) and (5), and 8(2)) (see paras 44-52)

Re:

APPLICATION, first, for annulment of the decision of 7 April 2010, signed by the Chief of Personnel of the EUPM, by which the applicant was redeployed to the post of ‘Criminal Justice Adviser — Prosecutor’ in the regional office of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and, if needed, of the decision of 30 April 2010, signed by the Head of Mission referred to in Article 6 of Council Decision 2009/906/CFSP of 8 December 2009 on the EUPM in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) (OJ 2009 L 322, p. 22), confirming the decision of 7 April 2010, and second, for damages.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.

2. Ms H is ordered to bear her own costs and those incurred by the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.