Order of the Court of 31 March 2011 — Volker Mauerhofer v European Commission

(Case C-433/10 P) (1)

(Appeal - Project supported by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Contracts concluded between the Commission and a consortium and between the consortium and experts - Commission’s administrative order amending its contract with the consortium - Action for annulment of that administrative order brought by one of the experts - Admissibility - Action for damages - Non contractual liability of the Union - Causal link between the Commission’s administrative order and the damage allegedly suffered by that expert)

2011/C 252/21

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: Volker Mauerhofer (represented by: J. Schartmüller, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: S. Boelaert, Agent)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 29 June 2010 in Case T-515/08 Volker Mauerhofer v European Commission by which the Court dismissed an action for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 9 September 2008 reducing the number of paid days’ work allocated to the applicant to perform tasks resulting from a contract for an expert’s report (Contract No MC/5043/025/001/2008 — ‘Value Chain Mapping Analysis’) concluded with the undertaking responsible for a project carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina in performance of the framework contract ‘EuropeAid/123314/C/SER/multi — Lot No 5 — Evaluations and presentations in the field of trade, businesses and regional economic integration’ — No challengeable act

Operative part of the order

(1)  OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.