Action brought on 1 September 2014 — ZZ v Council

(Case F-87/14)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Action seeking (i) the annulment of the Council’s decisions relating to the reimbursement of the applicant’s hospital expenses and (ii) an order for the Council to pay default and compensatory interest, on the one hand, and compensation for the non-material damage allegedly suffered, on the other.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

Partially annul the decisions of the Brussels Settlements Office, as set out in Statement 55 of 27 September 2013, relating to the applicant’s request of 12 July 2012 for reimbursement of hospital expenses;

declare that the letters of 19 November 2013 from the Head of the Settlements Office concerning the unfavourable response to a supposed prior authorisation request of 12 July 2012 are invalid, or, in the alternative, annul those letters;

annul, so far as is necessary, the appointing authority’s decision of 22 May 2014 rejecting the complaints submitted by the applicant on 27 December 2013 and 18 February 2014;

order the Council to pay the default and compensatory interest with effect from the date on which the sums claimed were payable, and to pay compensation for the non-material damage suffered by the applicant;

order the Council to pay the costs.