Order of the General Court of 29 June 2010 - Mauerhofer v Commission
(Multiple framework contract 'Commission 2007' - Recruitment of experts in the context of actions relating to aid granted to non-member countries - Tasks requiring expertise - Commission measure relating to the number of billable days' work - Action for annulment - No challengeable act - Inadmissibility - Action for damages - Causal link - Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Volker Mauerhofer (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: J. Schartmüller, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert, Agent)
Re:
Application for, first, annulment of the Commission's administrative order of 9 September 2008 amending specific contract 2007/146271, which had been concluded between the Commission and the framework contractor for the project 'Value Chain Mapping Analysis' carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by reducing the number of days' work carried out by the applicant - under a contract between him and the framework contractor - for which the framework contractor could bill the Commission, and second, the award of damages
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed.
2. Volker Mauerhofer shall pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 44, 21.2.2009.