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Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — VF v ECB

(Case T-39/18) 1

(Civil service — ECB staff — Appraisal report of the applicant — Annual salary and bonus review — Refusal to convert a fixed-term employment contract into a contract for an indefinite period — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Principle of sound administration)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: VF (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: F. von Lindeiner and D. Camilleri Podestà, acting as Agents, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Action under Article 270 TFEU and Article 50a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union essentially seeking, first, the annulment of the decision regarding the annual salary and bonus review for 2016 and the decision not to convert the applicant’s fixed-term employment contract into a contract for an indefinite period and, secondly, compensation for the damage which the applicant claims to have sustained as a result of those measures.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders VF to pay the costs.

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1         OJ C 112, 26.3.2018.