67However, case-law has made an exception to that principle where the action for damages bears a close link with the action for annulment, which, incidentally, would or should be declared inadmissible. Thus, claims for compensation are inadmissible where the action for damages seeks reparation exclusively for the consequences of the measure contested in the action for annulment, which could have been or has been declared inadmissible, inter alia where the sole purpose of the action for damages is to make up for losses of remuneration which would not have occurred if the action for annulment could have been or had been successful (see, to that effect, judgments of 24 January 1991, Latham v Commission, T‑27/90, EU:T:1991:5, paragraphs 37 and 38 and the case-law cited, and of 6 February 2007, Wunenburger v Commission, T‑246/04 and T‑71/05, EU:T:2007:34, paragraph 47). Thus, in accordance with that case-law, an official or other staff member who has failed to challenge acts adversely affecting him by lodging a complaint and, subsequently, bringing an action for annulment in good time cannot remedy that omission and thus obtain further time to bring proceedings by means of a subsequent claim for compensation, the purpose of which is clearly to obtain the same financial outcome as would have resulted from an action for annulment of those acts brought in good time (see order of 20 March 2014, Michel v Commission, F‑44/13, EU:F:2014:40, paragraph 45 and the case-law cited).
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