Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 October 2011 – Noko Ngele v Commission and Others

(Case C-272/11 P)

Appeal – Non-contractual liability – Causal link – Appeal in part inadmissible and in part unfounded – Article 119 of the Rules of Procedure

1.                     Non-contractual liability – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – One of the conditions not satisfied – Claim for compensation dismissed in its entirety (Art. 340, second para., TFEU) (see paras 15-16)

2.                     Appeals – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts – Manifest inadmissibility (Art. 256(1) TFUE; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58) (see paras 18, 25)

3.                     Officials – Administration’s duty to provide assistance – Extent – Assistance not implying that the official has been granted authorisation to plead in his own name or in the institution’s (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 24, first para.) (see paras 26-27)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the President of the General Court (First Chamber) of 25 March 2011 in Case T-15/10

Mariyus Noko Ngele

v

Commission and Others

by which that court dismissed the application seeking compensation for the material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant by reason of the fact that it was impossible for him to proceed with recovery of a debt and for the non-pecuniary loss allegedly suffered by reason of the institution of criminal proceedings against him in a Member State – Lack of causal link.

Operative part

1.

The appeal is dismissed.

2.

Noko Ngele is ordered to bear his own costs.