Action brought on 17 January 2014 – ZZ v Commission

(Case F-5/14)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Application to annul the Commission’s decision to remove the applicant from his post under Article 9(1)(h) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations without reduction of his pension rights following an internal investigation begun following an investigation by OLAF opened against an undertaking, and the claim for damages and interest for the non-financial and financial harm allegedly suffered.

Form of order sought

Annul the decision adopted on 16 October 2013, notified at the applicant’s residence on 18 October thereafter by the Commission Security Service, taken by the tripartite AA in Case CMS 12/042, under which ‘Mr ZZ is removed from his post under Article 9(1)(h) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations without reduction of his pension rights’ and taking ‘effect in the month following the date of his signature’;

order the Commission to pay EUR 33 000, by way of compensation for non-material, medical, family, professional and material damage and the adverse effect on the applicant’s career, provisionally set at EUR 1 on an assessed amount, subject to increase or decrease during the proceedings;

in any event, order the defendant to pay the entire costs, in accordance with Article 87(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal.