24.10.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 392/40


Judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2016 — De Esteban Alonso v Commission

(Case T-557/15 P) (1)

((Appeal - Civil service - Article 24 of the Staff Regulations - Request for assistance - Criminal proceedings before a national court - Decision of the institution to become a civil party - Action at first instance dismissed as manifestly unfounded - Procedural irregularities - Conditions for the application of Article 24 of the Staff Regulations))

(2016/C 392/52)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: Fernando De Esteban Alonso (Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, France) (represented by: C. Huglo, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented initially by J. Currall and C. Ehrbar and subsequently by C. Ehrbar and G. Berscheid, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 15 July 2015 in De Esteban Alonso v Commission (F-35/15, EU:F:2015:87), seeking to have that order set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal.

2.

Orders Fernando De Esteban to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in the present appeal proceedings.


(1)  OJ C 371, 9.11.2015.