Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 13 February 2002 by Wolfgang Leonhardt against the European Parliament

    (Case T-30/02)

    

An action against the European Parliament was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 13 February 2002 by Wolfgang Leonhardt, residing in La Hulpe (Belgium), represented by H. Tagaras, avocat.

The applicant claims that the Court of First Instance should:

1.Annul the defendant's decision of 11 June 2001 to reset at zero the applicant's tally of promotion points after his promotion in 2000;

2.    Order the defendant to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments:

The applicant objects to the decision of the European Parliament to reset at zero the applicant's stock of promotion points following his promotion in 2000, thereby preventing the applicant from carrying over to his new grade the promotion points that he acquired over and above the relevant threshold for promotion.

The resetting at zero is the result of a transitional scheme prior to the implementation of a new promotion system in the European Parliament. Under that transitional scheme the tally of promotion points is automatically reset at zero following a promotion, whereas the definitive scheme provides that promotion points acquired over and above the relevant threshold are carried over to the new grade.

According to the applicant, the contested decision infringes Article 45 of the Staff Regulations as well as the principle prohibiting discrimination.

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