Order of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 30 September 2014 — Bitiqi and Others v Commission and Others

(Case T‑410/13)

Action for annulment — Common Foreign and Security Policy — ‘Rule of law’ mission conducted by the European Union in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) — Decisions of the head of the mission not to renew the employment contracts — Manifest lack of jurisdiction

Actions for annulment — Action relating in reality to a contractual dispute — No jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Inadmissibility (Arts 256 TFEU, 263 TFEU, 272 TFEU and 274 TFEU) (see paras 26-28, 36, 37)

Re:

ACTION for annulment of the decisions of the head of the mission ‘Rule of law’ conducted by the European Union in Kosovo (Eulex Kosovo) of 27 May and 2 July 2013 not to renew the applicants’ employment contracts.

Operative part

1. The action is dismissed.

2. Burim Bitiqi, Arlinda Gjebrea, Anna Gorska, Agim Hajdini, Josefa Martínez Estéve, Denis Vasile Miron, James Nicholls, Zornitsa Popova Glodzhani, Andrei Mihai Popovici, Amaia San José Ortiz are ordered to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Eulex Kosovo.

3. The Council of the European Union is ordered to bear its own costs.