Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2012 - Commission v Nanopoulos
(Case T-308/10)
(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Duty to provide assistance - Article 24 of the Staff Regulations - Non-contractual liability - Articles 90 and 91 of the Staff Regulations - Damages claim to be submitted within a reasonable time - Time-limit for reply - Institution of disciplinary proceedings - Criterion requiring a 'sufficiently serious breach' - Personal data leaked to the press - Failure to assign tasks corresponding to an official's grade - Amount of damages)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Appellant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall, Agent, E. Bourtzalas and E. Antypas, lawyers)
Other party to the proceedings: Fotios Nanopoulos (Itzig, Luxembourg) (represented by: V. Christianos, lawyer)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (First Chamber) of 11 May 2010 in Case F-30/08 Nanopoulos v Commission, not yet published in the ECR, seeking, first, to have that judgment set aside and, second, if the judgment is to be upheld, to have the exact amount of damages set.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the appeal;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Nanopoulos in the appeal proceedings.
____________1 - OJ C 274, 9.10.2010.