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… Legal framework The 2 41 of the of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the ’), entitled ‘Right to good administration’, states: ‘1. Every person has the right to have his or her affairs handled , fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union. 2. …

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… Every person has the right to have the Union make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States. …’ 3 of the , entitled ‘Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial’, provides: ‘Everyone whose rights and freedoms guaranteed by the law of the Union are violated has the right to an effective remedy before a tribunal in compliance with the conditions …

… JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Third Chamber) 29 April 2026 (*) (Civil service - Officials - Reports procedure - 2022 appraisal procedure - Staff report - - Duty of care - Protection of personal data - 43 of the Staff Regulations - Internal rules on staff reports - Manifest error of assessment) In Case T-30/25, HI, represented by S. Rodrigues and A. Champetier, lawyers, applicant, v European Parliament, represented by S. Seyr, K. Zejdová and M. …

… Di Bucci, having regard to the written part of the procedure, - having regard to the fact that no request for a hearing was submitted by the parties within three weeks after service of notification of the close of the written part of the procedure, and having decided to rule on the action without an oral part of the procedure, pursuant to 106(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, gives the following Judgment 1 By her action based on 270 TFEU, the applicant, HI, seeks …

… Law Subject matter of the dispute 21 By her second head of claim, the applicant seeks annulment, in so far as necessary, of the decision rejecting the complaint. 22 According to settled case-law, where a decision rejecting a complaint lacks any content, claims formally directed against that decision have the effect of bringing before the Court the act against which the complaint was submitted (see judgment of 14 December 2017, RL v Court of Justice of the European Union, T-21/17, EU:T …

… Compliance with these rules shall be subject to control by an authority.” 129. By of the , entitled “Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial”, “[e]veryone whose rights and freedoms guaranteed by the law of the Union are violated has the right to an effective remedy before a tribunal in compliance with the conditions laid down in this ”. 130. …

… (2)(b) and (c) of the LED). …

… of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 127. By 7 of the of the of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (OJ 2016/C 202/02, p. 389 – “the ”), entitled “Respect for private and family life”, “[e]veryone has the right to respect for his or her private and family life, home and communications”. 128. 8 of the , entitled “Protection of personal data”, reads: “1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her. 2. …

… is equal before the law.’ 23 21 of the reads as follows: ‘1. …

… (c) The 17 1 of the is worded as follows: ‘Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected.’ 18 7 of the states: ‘Everyone has the right to respect for his or her private and family life, home and communications.’ 19 Under 8 of the : ‘1. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her. 2. …

… for private and family life guaranteed under 7 of the (i) Arguments of the parties (ii) Findings of the Court (2) Whether there is a limitation of the freedom of expression guaranteed under 11 of the (i) Arguments of the parties (ii) Findings of the Court (d) Whether limitations of the rights and freedoms guaranteed under 7 and 11 of the are justified (e) Whether 1 of the has been infringed (1) Arguments of the parties (2) Findings …

… (3) If the answer to the first question is Yes and if the answer to the second question in general is No, does [the EIA Directive] read in the light of of the of Fundamental Rights [of the European Union (‘the ’)] and/or the principle of wide access to justice under 9(2) of the Aarhus Convention have the effect that a time limit provided by the domestic law of a [M]ember [S]tate for the bringing of proceedings to assert a right under that [d]irective, must be reasonably …

… to a review procedure before a court of law or another and body established by law to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts or omissions subject to the public participation provisions of that directive. …

… Consideration of the questions referred The first three questions 25 By its first three questions, which it is appropriate to examine together, the referring court asks, in essence, whether 11 of the EIA Directive, read in the light of 9 of the Aarhus Convention and of the , must be interpreted as precluding a rule provided for by the law of a Member State whereby an action for annulment of a derogation licence, which has been issued pursuant to 16 of the …

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… The appellants responded that they are not asking the Court to introduce an actio popularis, but to interpret the fourth paragraph of 263 TFEU as applied to associations acting in their own name in the light of the principle of effective judicial protection as enshrined in 19(1) TEU and of the . (b) Assessment 137. …

… The reform shall result in a strengthening of the and of courts and judges established by law in accordance with 19 [TEU] and the relevant EU acquis. In accordance with 24(3) of [the RRF Regulation], any other reform shall be undertaken without weakening this result and negatively impacting the below elements.’ (35) 30. Milestone F1G relates to ‘F1.1 Reform strengthening the and of courts’. …

… 8 and 52 of the , 16 TFEU, and 4(1), (2), (7) and (9) and 5, 15, 23, 51, 57, 58 and 77 of the GDPR are relevant in the present case. B. German law 5. Under 18 of the Bayerisches Datenschutzgesetz (Bavarian Law on Data Protection; ‘the BayDSG’), the Landesamt is a supervisory authority with respect to non-public entities. 6. …

… That assessment must be carried out in the light of 23 of the GDPR, which allows the access obligations set out in that regulation to be restricted on specific grounds of public interest, as well as 8(2) of the of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the ’), which guarantees everyone the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or her. …

… It contributes to the practical implementation of the principle set out in 8(3) of the , according to which compliance with the rules on data protection must be subject to control by an authority. The Court has repeatedly stated that this supervisory mechanism does not merely exist on paper but is intended to ensure the real and effective protection of fundamental rights. (8) 29. …

… (b)(ii) of the CEOS, applicable to the applicant by virtue of 119 of the CEOS; it also invited him to submit observations. 16 On 26 October 2020, the applicant requested that the HR.2 Division provide clarifications regarding the note referred to in paragraph 15 above. …

… The AECE examined them on the merits and concluded, as in the decision of 30 September 2022 rejecting the claim for compensation, that no illegality had been committed by the administration. Lastly, in paragraph 110 of the decision of 14 June 2023 rejecting the complaint of 23 December 2022, in the context of the examination of the second set of instances of alleged misconduct, the AECE found that the applicant had not challenged by a complaint within the meaning of 90(2) of the Staff …

… In the autonomous part of the decision of 14 June 2023 rejecting the complaint of 23 December 2022, the EEAS considered that the applicant had not challenged the decision relating to teleworking by means of a complaint within the meaning of 90(2) of the Staff Regulations, as recalled in paragraph above. 57 In the application, the applicant merely makes a very brief reference to the issue of teleworking in Brussels without citing paragraph 110 of the decision of 14 June 2023 rejecting the …

… The second plea in law, alleging infringement of 4 of Delegated Regulation No 664/2014 The applicant maintains that, as it was deprived of any opportunity to be heard concerning the amended application for registration, the Commission adopted the contested implementing regulation in breach of 4 of Delegated Regulation No 664/2014. …

… The first plea alleges breach of the right to be heard, contrary to 41(2)(a) of the of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950 (the ECHR). 22 The second plea alleges infringement of 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 664/2014 of 18 December 2013 supplementing Regulation No 1151/2012 with regard to the establishment of the Union symbols for …

… The first plea in law, alleging breach of the right to be heard 31 The applicant claims that there has been an infringement of the right to be heard within the meaning of 41 of the of Fundamental Rights, also protected by 6 ECHR. The right to be heard guarantees every person the opportunity to make known his or her views effectively during an administrative procedure and before the adoption of any decision liable to affect his or her interests adversely. …

… Although a conflict of interests is not, as such, listed as a ground for dismissal in 14.2 of the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB, it scarcely needs to be emphasised that the absence of conflicts of interests is inherent in the requirement that the tasks entrusted to the central banks be performed , (45) in much the same way as is implied by the requirement of the of judges (46) or of the members of the European Court of Auditors. () 94. …

… Banks and of the European Central Bank - Applicability - 130 TFEU - Principle of the of the national central banks) I. …

… At the same time, 130 TFEU and 7 of the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB - which, again, apply to all members of decision-making bodies of national central banks - enshrine the objective of their . …