Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2023 – QN v eu-LISA
(Case T-484/22) 1
(Civil service – Temporary staff – Reclassification – 2021 reclassification exercise – Decision not to reclassify – Guiding multiplication rates – General provisions for the implementation of Article 54 of the CEOS – Plea of illegality – Equal treatment – Liability)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: QN (represented by: H. Tagaras, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (represented by: M. Chiodi, acting as Agent, and by A. Duron and D. Waelbroeck, lawyers)
Re:
By his action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant, QN, seeks, first, annulment of the decision of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) of 22 December 2021 not to reclassify him at the end of the 2021 reclassification exercise (‘the contested decision’) and, second, compensation for the loss he claims to have suffered as a result of the failure to reclassify him.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) of 22 December 2021 not to reclassify QN at the end of the 2021 reclassification exercise;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders eu-LISA to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C 380, 3.10.2022.