Language of document :

Action brought on 3 December 2007 - Adjemian and Others v Commission

(Case F-134/07)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Vahan Adjemian (Angera, Italy) and Others (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

The subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decisions of the Commission, first, refusing to renew the engagement of the applicants as contract staff for a fixed or indefinite period and, second, laying down conditions of employment. In support of their action, the applicants rely on infringement of the principle of stability of employment relations and in particular the unlawfulness of Article 88 of the Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities ('Conditions of Employment') in so far as it limits the duration of the contracts of contract staff.

Form of order sought

Annul the successive decisions of the Commission and in particular that of 28 April 2004 concerning the maximum duration of the recourse to non-permanent staff in its services;

Declare Article 88 of the Conditions of Employment unlawful in so far as it limits the duration of the contracts for contract staff;

Annul the decisions of the Commission of 23 August and 31 October 2007 rejecting complaints R/263/07, R/492/07 and R/390/07 brought against the decisions of the Commission to conclude contracts with or to renew the engagement of the applicants as contract staff only for a fixed period;

Annul the decision of the Commission of 5 September 2007 rejecting the applications of the applicants of 31 May and 20 July 2007 seeking the extension for an indefinite period of the applicants' contracts as members of the contract staff;

Annul the decisions of the Commission which lay down the respective conditions of the employment of the applicants in so far as their engagement or the extension thereof is limited to a fixed period;

Order the defendant to pay the costs.

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