Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 12 June 2002 by Jan Pflugradt against the European Central Bank

    (Case T-179/02)

    (Language of the case: German)

An action against the European Central Bank was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 12 June 2002 by Jan Pflugradt, represented by N. Pflüger, lawyer.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

( annul the ECB performance appraisal of the applicant for the year 2001;

(order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant, an employee of the defendant, seeks the annulment of his performance appraisal for 2001. He considers that appraisal to be an act adversely affecting him because the defendant did not confine itself to appraising his performance. Instead, the defendant based the appraisal on factual allegations which the applicant contests and which will impair his future career development.

The applicant claims that, under the provisions on data protection, the defendant is prohibited from relying on electronically collected data and that that is, in itself, a sufficient ground for annulment of the appraisal based on that data. Moreover, the appraisal must be annulled on the ground that it is based on incorrect factual information.

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