CJEU – CJEU Judgment (European Union, 2026)

A data subject was a temporary agent working for the CJEU. In 2019, the data subject reported inappropriate conduct of a member of the General Court with whom they were working. The President of the General Court initiated proceedings, and an Advisory Committee issued an opinion that the member in question had breached provisions of the Code (the data subject was informed of this opinion). The data subject requested the relevant authority (“AHCC”) to open an administrative investigation and provide them with technical and financial assistance in potential proceedings before national judicial authorities. The authority opened an investigation and partially granted the request for assistance in September 2019. The data subject did not contest this decision, and filed a new request for assistance in 2021 on the grounds that new and substantial facts had arisen since the decision in 2019. The Appeals Panel considered this as a request for an internal appeal and declared it inadmissible. The Panel also dismissed the request on the merits, considering it unfounded. In 2019, the data subject also submitted an access request to the General Court and Presidents of the Court of Justice, in accordance with [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj/eng Article 17 of the EUDPR]. The data subject requested access to documents relating to the whistleblowing and assistance procedures they had initiated. Both parties rejected the data subject’s access request, on the grounds that it would likely infringe upon the rights and freedoms of others ([https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj/eng Article 17(4) and 25(1)(c), (g), and (h) EUDPR]). The data subject filed an internal appeal, which was rejected in 2020. The data subject filed a new access request in 2023. This request was rejected on the grounds that it had the same subject matter as the access request made in 2019. The data subject filed a case with the General Court to overturn the dismissal of the internal appeal.