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Jean-François Giordano v European Commission (C-611/12 P)
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Jean-François Giordano v European Commission (C-611/12 P)

Judgment of 14 Oct 2014law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-611-12/para_36@2026-11-11

36The condition relating to damage requires that the damage for which compensation is sought be actual and certain, which it is for the appellant to prove (judgment in Agraz and Others v Commission, C‑243/05 P, EU:C:2006:708, paragraph 27 and case-law cited).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-611/12 P · ECLI:EU:C:2014:2282
Decided: 14 Oct 2014
Procedure: Action for damages
Ruled invalid: 62011TJ0114
Applicant: Jean-François Giordano
Defendant: European Commission
Rapporteur: E. Levits
Advocate General: P. Cruz Villalón
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, C. Vajda, S. Rodin, A. Rosas, M. E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, J. Malenovský, E. Levits, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, F. Biltgen
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0611

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Interprets 1: Jean-François Giordano v European Commission (T-114/11)
Cited by 16: Alaa Hamoudi v European Border and Coast Guard Agency (C-136/24 P)2 provisions; Vialto Consulting Kft. v European Commission (T-537/18); Giorgio Basaglia v European Commission (T-257/21); Inclusion Alliance for Europe GEIE v European Commission (C-378/16 P); Vialto Consulting Kft. v European Commission (T-617/17); VG, as heir of MS v European Commission (T-314/16, T-435/16); Christoph Klein v European Commission (C-346/17 P); Vakakis kai Synergates - Symvouloi gia Agrotiki Anaptixi AE Meleton, formerly Vakakis International - Symvouloi gia Agrotiki Anaptixi AE v European Commission (T-292/15); Agriconsulting Europe SA v European Commission (C-198/16 P); Salvatore Aniello Pappalardo and Others v European Commission (C-350/16 P); Ledra Advertising Ltd and Others v European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB) (C-8/15 P, C-9/15 P, C-10/15 P); Holistic Innovation Institute, SLU v European Commission (T-468/14)2 provisions; Salvatore Aniello Pappalardo and Others v European Commission (T-316/13); Agriconsulting Europe SA v European Commission (T-570/13)3 provisions; European Dynamics Luxembourg SA and Others v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (T-299/11); Federazione nazionale delle cooperative della pesca (Federcoopesca) and Others v European Commission (T-312/14)2 provisions
Cites 13: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Others and Kärntner Landesregierung and Others (C-293/12, C-594/12); Interporc Im- und Export GmbH v Commission of the European Communities (C-41/00 P); Fabbrica italiana accumulatori motocarri Montecchio SpA (FIAMM) and Fabbrica italiana accumulatori motocarri Montecchio Technologies LLC, Giorgio Fedon & Figli SpA and Fedon America, Inc. v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (C-120/06); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. and Others v Commission of the European Communities (C-131/03 P); Agraz, SA and Others v Commission of the European Communities (C-243/05 P)2 provisions; Commission of the European Communities v Schneider Electric SA (C-440/07); Archer Daniels Midland Co. v Commission of the European Communities (C-510/06); Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy; Commission Regulation (EC) No 530/2008 of 12 June 2008 establishing emergency measures as regards purse seiners fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45 °W, and in the Mediterranean Sea; Jean-François Giordano v European Commission (T-114/11); AJD Tuna Ltd v Direttur tal-Agrikoltura u s-Sajd and Avukat Generali (C-221/09)