Order of the President of the General Court of 25 November 2021 –
VP v Cedefop

(Case T‑534/21 R)

(Interim relief – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Application for interim measures – Inadmissibility)

1.      Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief

(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 19-22)

2.      Interim relief – Admissibility criteria – Connection of the measure sought with the pleas in the main proceedings – Provisional character – Application falling outside the scope of the main proceedings – Inadmissibility

(Art. 279 TFEU)

(see paras 25-27, 29, 30)

Re:

Application under Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU for, first, suspension of the application of the act of Cedefop’s Executive Board to support the conclusion of its Executive Director that he re-establish the post of internal legal adviser and to initiate a selection procedure and for, second, an order to Cedefop that it keep vacant a temporary agent post at grade AD suitable for reinstating the applicant in the post of legal adviser.

Operative part

1. The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2. The costs are reserved.