Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (2nd Chamber) of 11 December 2014 — Colart and Others v Parliament

(Case F-31/14) ¹

(Civil Service — Staff representation — Staff committee — Staff Committee elections — Rules on staff representation at the European Parliament — Competence of the Committee of Tellers — Complaints procedure before the Committee of Tellers — Publication of the election results — Complaint brought before the Committee of Tellers — Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations — No prior complaint before the appointing authority — Matter referred directly to the Tribunal — Inadmissibilty)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Philippe Colart (Bastogne, Belgium) and Others (represented by: A. Salerno, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: O. Caisou-Rousseau and S. Alves, Agents)

Re:

Application to annul the elections for the Staff Committee of the European Parliament which were held in autumn 2013 and the results of which were published on 28 November 2013.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action as inadmissible;

Declares that Mr Colart and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex are to bear half of their own costs;

Declares that the European Parliament is to bear its own costs and orders it to pay half of the costs incurred by the applicants.

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¹ OJ C 184, 16.6.2014, p. 45.