Action brought on 15 September 2014 — ZZ v ECB

(Case F-94/14)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB)

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the Executive Board of the ECB not to grant the applicant an additional salary increase, in the context of the annual revision of salaries and bonuses for 2014.

Form of order sought

Annul the decision of the Executive Board, adopted on 25 February 2014 and notified to the staff on 3 March 2014, not to grant the applicant an additional increase in salary for 2014;

annul the decision dismissing the special appeal dated 1 July 2014 and received on 7 July 2014;

if necessary, annul the decision of the competent Head of Department/DG-H not to consider or propose the applicant for an additional salary increase, notified implicitly by the decision of the Executive Board of 25 February 2014 and by the decision to dismiss the special appeal of 1 July 2014;

order compensation for the material damage consisting of the loss of an opportunity to obtain an additional salary increase in 2014 evaluated at EUR 51 962 or, alternatively, annulment of the procedure leading up to the decision of 25 February 2014 and the organisation by the ECB of a new procedure for granting additional salary increases for 2014;

order the defendant to pay compensation for the non-material damage suffered, assessed ex aequo et bono at EUR 5 000;

order the defendant to pay the costs.