Action brought on 14 July 2010 - Stefano Pedeferri and Others v European Commission

(Case F-57/10)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant(s): Stefano Pedeferri (Sangiano, Italy) and Others (represented by: G. Vistoli, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Declaration of the applicants' status of employee of the European Commission and their reinstatement on the staff of the Joint Research Centre in Ispra and compensation for the material and non-material damage suffered by each of them.

Form of order sought

Decide and declare that the employment relationship of the applicants was established in clear breach of Law No 1369/60 of the Italian State and, consequently, declare that each of the employment relationships of the applicants was as an employee of the European Commission under the appropriate contractual, remunerative and social security conditions for the duties carried out, for each of the applicants, from the date of the commencement of those duties or such other date as may be decided in the course of the proceedings;

Order the European Commission to reinstate the applicants on the staff of the Joint Research Centre in Ispra under the applicable rules and provisions as to contributions and social security;

Order the European Commission to pay the applicants everything owed to them as employees of the Joint Research Centre, paying, in addition, the difference in social security and health insurance payments, in the amount required by the outcome of this case, commensurate with the regulatory and financial status of employees of the European Union performing the tasks of an auxiliary member of staff employed in security;

Grant each of the applicants, by way of compensation for material and non-material damage a sum equal to 50% of the amount owed to them on the grounds set out above, which should be no less than EUR 50 000.

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