EuGH · C-532/09

Subject of the case Operative part Subject of the case Re: Appeal brought against the order of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 30 September 2009 in Case T-166/08 Ivanov v Commission , by which that court dismissed the action brought by the appellant seeking compensation for the damage he allegedly suffered following a Commission decision refusing to recruit him as a local administrative and technical assistance employee at the Commission delegation in Sofia – Autonomous nature of the action for non-contractual liability in relation to the action for annulment – Reservation of abuse of process – Possible for the Court of First Instance to have raised that rule of its own motion. Operative part Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. Mr Ivanov is ordered to pay the costs.