Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — IPSO v ECB

(Case T-713/14) ¹

(ECB — ECB staff — Interim employees — Restriction on the maximum length of service of an interim employee — Action for annulment — Act open to challenge — Directly and individually affected — Locus standi — Time limit for bringing proceedings — Admissibility — Failure to inform and consult the applicant union — Non-contractual liability)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO) (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented initially by: B. Ehlers, I. Köpfer and M. López Torres, and subsequently by: B. Ehlers, P. Pfeifhofer and F. Malfrère, acting as Agents, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Action on the basis of Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of an act of the Executive Board of the ECB of 20 May 2014 restricting to two years the maximum period for which the ECB may avail itself of the services of any interim employee for administrative and secretarial tasks and, in addition, an action on the basis of Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the non-pecuniary loss suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decision of the Executive Board of the ECB of 20 May 2014 restricting to two years the maximum period for which the ECB may avail itself of the services of any interim employee for administrative and secretarial tasks;

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

Orders the ECB to bear its own costs and to pay three-quarters of the costs incurred by the International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO). Orders IPSO to bear a quarter of its own costs.

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¹ OJ C 431, 1.12.2014.