Judgment of the General Court of 21 May 2014 — Commission v Macchia

(Case T-368/12 P) ¹

(Appeal — Civil service — Temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Decision of non-renewal — Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Tribunal — First paragraph of Article 8 of the CEOS — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials — Concept of ‘interests of the service’ — Prohibition on ruling ultra petita — Principle of the right to be heard)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and D. Martin, Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: Luigi Macchia (Varese, Italy) (represented by: S. Rodrigues, A. Blot and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 13 June 2012 in Case F-63/11 Macchia v Commission, not yet published in the ECR, and seeking that that judgment be set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Sets aside the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 13 June 2012 in Case F-63/11 Macchia v Commission, in so far as it annulled the decision of the Director General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of 12 August 2010 rejecting the request for an extension of Luigi Macchia’s contract as a member of the temporary staff and, consequently, rejected as premature the request for Mr Macchia to be reintegrated within OLAF and the application for compensation in respect of the material harm suffered;

Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;

Refers the case back to the Civil Service Tribunal;

Reserves the costs.

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¹ OJ C 311, 13.10.2012.