Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 9 July 2019.Mario Scaloni and Ennio Figini v European Commission.Action for damages — Resolution of credit institutions and investment firms — Directive 2014/59/EU and Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — State Aid — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure — Manifest inadmissibility.Case T-158/18.

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Order of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 9 July 2019 –Scaloni and Figini v Commission

(Case T‑158/18)

(Action for damages — Resolution of credit institutions and investment firms — Directive 2014/59/EU and Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 — State Aid — Disregard of the procedural requirements — Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure — Manifest inadmissibility)

  1. Actions for damages — Subject matter — Application for compensation for damage attributable to the Union — Jurisdiction of the EU judicature — Application for compensation for damage caused by the national authorities — Jurisdiction of the national courts

(Arts 268 and 340, second para. TFEU)

(see paras 19, 20)

  1. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Clear and precise statement of the pleas relied on — Fundamental rights — Rights of defence

(Art. 263 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para. and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))

(see paras 29, 30)

  1. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject matter of the dispute — Clear and precise statement of the pleas relied on — Action seeking compensation for loss caused by an EU institution — No indications as to the character and extent of the damage suffered or as to the causal link — Inadmissibility

(Art. 340, second para. TFEU)

(see paras 31-33)

  1. Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Action seeking compensation for loss caused by an EU institution — Minimum requirements — Action not giving figures for the loss suffered or justifying that omission — Manifest inadmissibility

(Art. 340, second para. TFEU)

(see para. 34)

  1. Non-contractual liability — Injury/damage — Assessment — Insufficient evidence for the EU judicature to rule in the context of the judgment finding the existence of unlawful conduct by the Union — Determination of the compensation deferred to a later stage of the proceedings

(Art. 340, second para. TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))

(see para. 35)

Re:

Action pursuant to Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for material loss alleged to have been suffered as a result of the Commission’s refusal to allow the Italian state to establish a state aid in favour of the Banca delle Marche.

Operative part

  1. The action is dismissed.

  2. Mario Scaloni and Ennio Figini shall bear their own costs and the costs incurred by the Commission.

  3. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union shall bear their own costs.

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