Official Journal of the European Union

C series

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C/2025/3267

(Case C-227/25 P)

(C/2025/3267)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellants: DR, DS (represented by: N. Flandin, avocate)

Other party to the proceedings: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

Form of order sought

The appellants claim that the Court should:

—annul the order under appeal;

—grant the appellants the benefit of their submissions at first instance, and consequently:

—declare the appellants’ action admissible;

—declare the appellants’ action well founded in so far as:

—the EIOPA has committed sufficiently serious breach of rules of law conferring rights on individuals, and in particular of Articles 8 and 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons regarding the processing of personal data;

—the appellants have suffered a nonmaterial damage;

—the non-material damage suffered by the appellants result directly from the above-mentioned illegalities;

—consequently:

—order the compensation of the non-material damage suffered by the appellants;

—order the EIOPA to pay all the costs in first instance and on appeal:

or, if that is not possible:

—refer the case back to the General Court for judgment, the costs of the appeal being paid in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 184 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the appellants rely on two pleas in law:

First plea: Violation by the General Court of an essential procedural requirement – Insufficient motivation

Second plea: Violation by the General Court of the Union law – Error in law in the interpretation of the concept of ‘any person to whom these Staff Regulations apply’ as laid down by Article 91(1) of the Staff Regulation

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OJ 2018, L 295, p. 39.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3267/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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