1. 

Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Repeal of the contested act in the course of the proceedings — Application devoid of purpose — No need to adjudicate

(Arts 263 and 277 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 131)

(see paras 20-22)

2. 

Action for annulment — Interest in bringing proceedings — Meaning — Action capable of securing a benefit for the applicant — Interest having to subsist until the delivery of the court decision — Contested measure lapsing in the course of the proceedings — Interest in bringing proceedings retained — Conditions — Burden of proof

(Art. 263 TFEU)

(see paras 29-34, 40-44, 57)

3. 

Judicial proceedings — Application initiating proceedings — Formal requirements — Identification of the subject-matter of the dispute — Brief summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based — Unambiguous wording of the form of order sought by the applicant

(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21 and 53; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76)

(see para. 58)

1. 

Declares that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the request for annulment of the call for expressions of interest EP/CAST/S/16/2016, of the decision of 26 October 2016 informing Mr Carlos Manuel Henriques Barata that he was not among the candidates selected for a post as a driver, and of the decision of 25 April 2017 rejecting the complaint lodged by Mr Barata against that decision;

2. 

Declares that there is also no longer any need to adjudicate on the request for a declaration that the call for expressions of interest EP/CAST/S/16/2016 does not apply to Mr Barata;

3. 

Dismisses the remainder of the action as inadmissible;

4. 

Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Barata.