Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 12 February 2014 – Bodson and Others v EIB
(Case F-73/12) 1
(Civil Service – EIB staff – Contractual nature of the employment relationship – Reform of the EIB system of remuneration and salary progression)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicants: Jean-Pierre Bodson and Others (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)
Defendant: European Investment Bank (represented by: C. Gómez de la Cruz, T. Gilliams and G. Nuvoli, acting as Agents, and P.E. Partsch, lawyer)
Re:
First, application for annulment of the decisions contained in salary slips to apply the general decision of the European Investment Bank setting a salary progression capped at 2.8% for all staff and the decision establishing a merit grid entailing the loss of 1% of salary and, second, a subsequent application for the institution to be ordered to pay the difference in remuneration together with damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Mr Bodson and the seven other applicants whose names are listed in the annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Investment Bank.
________________________1 OJ C 295, 29.9.2012, p. 33.