ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
23 March 2012 (*)
(Joinder)
In Case F‑7/11,
ACTION brought under Article 36.2 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
AX, agent of the European Central Bank, residing in Fredericia (Denmark), represented by L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers,
applicant,
v
European Central Bank (ECB), represented by P. Embley and E. Carlini, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur,
defendant,
and in Case F‑60/11,
ACTION brought under Article 36.2 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
AX, agent of the European Central Bank, residing in Fredericia (Denmark), represented by L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers,
applicant,
v
European Central Bank (ECB), represented by P. Embley and M. Lopez Torres, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur,
defendant,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL
makes the following
Order
1 Pursuant to Article 46(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Tribunal, in the interests of the proper administration of justice, the President may, at any time, after hearing the parties, order that two or more cases shall, on account of the connection between them, be joined for the purposes of the written or oral procedure or of the final decision.
2 By letter from the Registry of 31 January 2012, the parties were informed that, on account of the connection between the abovementioned cases, the President of the Second Chamber of the Tribunal was considering their joinder for the purposes of the oral procedure and the final decision. At that time, the parties were also requested to submit their observations on the joinder.
3 The parties did not raise any objections to the proposed joinder.
4 Consequently, on account of the connection between the abovementioned cases, it is appropriate to join them for the purposes of the oral procedure and the final decision.
On those grounds,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL
hereby orders:
1. Cases F‑7/11, AX v European Central Bank, and F‑60/11, AX v European Central Bank, are joined for the purposes of the oral procedure and the final decision.
2. Costs are reserved.
Luxembourg, 23 March 2012.
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