Judgment_paragraph 68 · Alberto Spagnolli and Others v European Commission (T-568/16, T-599/16)

68In that regard, it should be noted that the purpose of the requirement laid down in the second paragraph of Article 296 TFEU, and also contained in the second paragraph of Article 25 of the Staff Regulations, is to enable the EU Courts to review the legality of contested decisions and to provide the officials concerned with sufficient information to assess whether those decisions are well founded or subject to a defect enabling their legality to be challenged. The statement of reasons must therefore in principle be notified to the person concerned at the same time as the decision adversely affecting him, for failure to state the reasons cannot be remedied by the fact that the person concerned learns the reasons for the act during the proceedings before the EU judicature (see judgment of 4 November 2008, Marcuccio v Commission, F‑41/06, EU:F:2008:132, paragraph 61 and the case-law cited).

Alberto Spagnolli and Others v European Commission (T-568/16, T-599/16)

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