Judgment_paragraph 26 · Andrew Macrae Moat v European Commission (T-41/95)

26It should be observed that, although it is trae that an applicant who has retired has no interest in seeking the annulment of a vacancy notice or of a decision appointing an official in relation to a post to which he can no longer aspire, he nevertheless retains a personal interest in bringing an action seeking compensation for the harm allegedly caused by the decision to refuse to promote him and by various faults and omissions committed by the administration (Case T-82/89 Marcato v Commission [1990] ECR II-735, paragraphs 53 and 54, and Case T-82/91 Latham v Commission [1994] ECR-SC II-61, paragraphs 24 and 25).