Action brought on 3 February 2012 – ZZ v Commission

(Case F-13/12)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: S. Rodrigues, C. Bernard-Glanz, A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the Commission’s decision not to renew the applicant’s contract as a member of the contract staff.

Form of order sought

Declare this action to be admissible;

annul the decision adopted by the head of unit of the ‘Recruitment and end of service’ unit within the Directorate HR.B of the DG Human Resources and Security, in his capacity as AECE, not to renew the applicant’s contract;

in so far as necessary, annul the decision adopted by the AECE, rejecting the complaint brought by the applicant;

reinstate the applicant in the post which she occupied within DG DIGIT with an extension of her contract in accordance with the requirements of the regulations;

alternatively, if the above application to be reinstated is not upheld, order the defendant to pay compensation for the damage suffered by the applicant, provisionally and ex aequo et bono estimated at the difference between the remuneration which she would have received as a member of the temporary staff of the Commission if her contract had been renewed, and the unemployment allowances currently received, for a period of two years (corresponding to the period of renewal provided for under Article 8 of the CEOS), with the addition of late payment interest at the legal rate in the period concerned;

in any event, order the defendant to pay a fixed sum provisionally and ex aequo et bono fixed at EUR 5000, as compensation for non-material damage, with the addition of late payment interest at the legal rate from the date of the judgment to be delivered;

order the European Commission to pay the costs.