Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 30 September 2013 –Possanzini, v Frontex
(Case F-124/11) 1
(Civil service – Frontex staff – Temporary staff – Career development report containing negative assessments of the reporting officer not communicated to the person concerned – Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract – Decision based on the opinion of the reporting officer – Rights of defence – Infringement – Dispute of a financial character – Unlimited jurisdiction)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Daniele Possanzini (Pisa, Italy) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)
Defendant: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) (represented by: S. Vuorensola and H. Caniard, Agents, and D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, lawyers)
Re:
Action for annulment of the decision to revoke the decision to renew the applicant’s temporary employment contract.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Annuls the decision of 28 March 2011 not to renew the contract of Mr Possanzini as a member of the temporary staff, adopted by the Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union;
Orders the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union to pay Mr Possanzini the sum of EUR 5 000 by way of damages;
Declares that the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union shall bear its own costs and orders it to pay the costs incurred by Mr Possanzini.
________________________1 OJ C 25, 28. 1. 2012, p. 72.