Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 26 June 2008 - Joseph v Commission
(Staff cases - Contract staff - Action out of time - Unforeseeable circumstances - Recruitment - Articles 3a, 3b and 85 of the CEOS - Duration of the contract - Commission Decision of 28 April 2004 on the maximum duration for the recourse to non-permanent staff in the Commission services - Article 12 of the GIP on the procedures governing the engagement and the use of contract staff at the Commission - Equal treatment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Anne Joseph (Damascus, Syria) (represented by: N. Lhoëst and S. Fernandez, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: G. Berscheid and L. Lozano Palacios, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the contract employing the applicant as a member of the contract staff, in so far as its duration is not fixed at 3 years but at 15 months, on the basis, first, of the Commission decision of 28 April 2004 relating to the maximum duration for the recourse to non-permanent staff in the Commission services and, secondly, on Article 12 of the General Implementing Provisions on the procedures governing the engagement and the use of the contract staff at the Commission.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the application;
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 199, 25.08.2008, p. 50.