Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-738/18 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, February 01, 2019

• Resolution Date: February 01, 2019
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-738/18

Action brought on 11 December 2018 - Dragnea v Commission

(Case T-738/18)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Liviu Dragnea (Bucharest, Romania) (represented by: B. O’Connor, Solicitor and S. Gubel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the Commission decision (OCM(2018)20575) sent to the legal representative of the applicant by letter dated 1 October 2018;

order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.

First plea in law, alleging a breach of articles 9(1), 9(2) and 9(4) of the OLAF Regulation¹ and a violation of the rights of defence of the applicant in the investigations, including the right to be heard and the respect of the presumption of innocence.

Second plea in law, alleging a breach of the principle of sound administration in...