Action brought on 16 October 2009 - Larue and Seigneur v European Central Bank

(Case F-84/09)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Emmanuel Larue and Olivier Seigneur (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for annulment of the applicants' pay slips for January 2009.

Form of order sought

annul the pay slip for January 2009;

to the extent necessary, annul the decisions, dated 20 April 2009 and 6 August 2009 respectively, rejecting the applicants' requests for re-consideration and the complaints submitted by them;

by way of measures of organisation of procedure, call upon the defendant to produce its administrative file and, at very least, the documents originating from DG-H which were submitted to the Executive Board concerning the General Salary Adjustment (GSA) for 2009, the Executive Board's proposal for GSA for 2009, the documents originating from DG-H which were submitted to the Governing Council concerning the GSA for 2009 and the decision of the Governing Council concerning the GSA for 2009;

order the defendant to pay compensation for the damage suffered by applicants consisting of EUR 5 000 for each applicant to compensate them for their loss of purchasing power since 1 January 2009 and of arrears of salary corresponding to a 1.5% pay increase from 1 January 2009, with interest on the latter from the date at which they fall due until the date of payment. The rate of interest should be two points higher than the rate fixed by the European Central Bank for its main refinancing operations which was applicable during the period in question;

order the defendant to pay the costs.

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