Judgment of the General Court of 26 February 2016 — Šumelj and Others v Commission
(Joined Cases T/546/13, T-108/14 and T-109/14) 1
(Non-contractual liability — Accession of Croatia to the European Union — Repeal before accession of national legislation providing for the creation of the profession of public enforcement officer — Harm suffered by the persons previously appointed as public enforcement officers — Failure by the Commission to adopt measures ensuring compliance with the accession commitments — Sufficiently serious breach of a rule of law conferring rights on individuals — Article 36 of the Act of Accession)
Language of the case: Croatian
Parties
Applicants: Ante Šumelj (Zagreb, Croatia), Dubravka Bašljan (Zagreb), Đurđica Crnčević (Sv. Ivan Zeline, Croatia), Miroslav Lovreković (Križevaci, Croatia) (Case T-546/13); Drago Burazer (Zagreb), Nikolina Nežić (Zagreb), Blaženka Bošnjak (Sv. Ivan Zeline), Bosiljka Grbašić (Križevaci), Tea Tončić (Pula, Croatia), Milica Bjelić (Dubrovnik, Croatia), Marijana Kruhoberec (Varaždin, Croatia) (Case T-108/14); Davor Škugor (Sisak, Croatia), Ivan Gerometa (Vrsar, Croatia), Kristina Samardžić (Split, Croatia), Sandra Cindrić (Karlovac, Croatia), Sunčica Gložinić (Varaždin), Tomislav Polić (Kaštel Novi, Croatia) and Vlatka Pižeta (Varaždin) (Case T-109/14) (represented by: M. Krmek, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: K. Ćutuk and G. Wils and, in Cases T-546/13 and T-108/14, S. Ječmenica, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action for damages seeking compensation for damage allegedly suffered by the applicants following the failure by the Commission to take measures to ensure the Republic of Croatia’s compliance with its accession commitments.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the actions;
Orders Mr Ante Šumelj and the other applicants named in the annex to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 367, 14.12.2013.