Sky ECC: GE appealed over damages and access to evidence
GE appealed the rejection of his damages claim against Eurojust and Europol on 25 March 2026. The official notice of 8 June links case C-240/26 P with T-587/24.
The EU General Court dismissed the claim on 2 February. GE referred to Italian criminal proceedings using Sky ECC data as evidence. His complaints included the processing of his personal data, denied access to information and the inability to question former staff of the European agencies.
The General Court distinguished national criminal proceedings from the liability of EU agencies. Part of the case fell outside its jurisdiction. Other parts lacked sufficiently specific support, partly because references to annexes were unusable. Eurojust’s forwarding of a French download link to Italy in November 2021 was established. The court considered that transfer lawful and sufficiently secure in this case.
The court found no proof that Eurojust had refused GE’s own data-access request. Documents about staff not appearing concerned another Italian case. The remaining complaints against Europol also failed; the entire action was dismissed.
On appeal GE sought €5,000, alternatively a smaller symbolic amount, or referral back to the General Court. He challenged declaring his action inadmissible for missing evidence when that evidence was not in his possession.
