Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 — AH v Eurofound

(Case T-52/19) (1)

(Civil service - Members of the contract staff - Disclosure of personal data - Request for assistance - Rejection of the request - Lack of competence of the author of an act adversely affecting a member of staff - Document prepared and signed by an external law firm - Liability - Non-material damage)

(2021/C 431/29)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: AH (represented by: N. de Montigny, lawyer)

Defendant: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (represented by: F. van Boven and M. Jepsen, acting as Agents, and by C. Callanan, Solicitor)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of 22 March 2018, prepared and signed by an external law firm, concerning a request for assistance made by the applicant as regards the disclosure of his personal data and a claim for damages, and second, compensation for the non-material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that decision and that disclosure.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Annuls the decision of 22 March 2018, prepared and signed by an external law firm, concerning a request for assistance made by AH as regards the disclosure of his personal data;

2.	Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.	Orders the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by AH.

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(1)  OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.