Action brought on 17 October 2008 - Cerafogli v ECB

(Case F-84/08)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Maria Concetta Cerafogli (Frankfurt, Germany) (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application for an order requiring the ECB to pay compensation in respect of the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant on account of discrimination connected with her trade union activities

Form of order sought

Order the defendant to pay compensation for material damage, corresponding, first, to the difference between the salary received by the applicant and the salary for band H, step 54 between 2004 and 2007, that is to say, 23 additional steps and, secondly, to the grant of a bonus of EUR 3 500 per year in respect of 2001, 2002 and 2003;

Order the defendant to pay the sum of EUR 157 000 or, in the alternative, the sum of EUR 45 000 to compensate for non-material damage;

Annul, in so far as is necessary, the decision of 25 June 2008 rejecting the application for pre-litigation review and the decision of 7 August 2008 rejecting the complaint, in so far as those decisions relate to the present action;

Order the European Central Bank to pay the costs.

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