Action brought on 3 September 2010 - Coedo Suárez v Council

(Case F-73/10)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Ángel Coedo Suárez (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues, A. Blot and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the defendant rejecting the applicant's claim for compensation and his claim for compensation for material and non-material damage suffered.

Form of order sought

Annul the decision of the Appointing Authority rejecting the applicant's claim for compensation and, if necessary, the decision of the Appointing Authority rejecting the claim in full;

with regard to compensation for material damage, order the defendant to pay the sum, fixed provisionally and ex aequo et bono, of EUR 450 000, together with late payment interest at the statutory rate from the date of the judgment;

with regard to compensation for non-material damage, order the defendant, as the principal claim, properly to reinstate the applicant and to pay him a symbolic Euro or, in the alternative, to pay him the sum, fixed provisionally and ex aequo et bono, of EUR 300 000, together with late payment interest at the statutory rate from the date of the judgment;

order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

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