Action brought on 8 December 2014 — ZZ v Commission

(Case F-137/14)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision of the European External Action Service of 29 January 2014 to terminate the applicant’s employment under a contract of indefinite duration and a claim for damages for the moral prejudice and non-pecuniary harm suffered by him.

Form of order sought

Annul the decision notified to the applicant by letter of the EEAS of 29 January 2014, by which the applicant’s employment was terminated on seven months’ notice at midnight on 31 August 2014;

Order the EEAS to pay the applicant compensation of an appropriate amount, as assessed by the Tribunal, in respect of the moral prejudice and non-pecuniary harm suffered by him as a result of the decision of the EEAS referred to above;

Order the EEAS to compensate the applicant in full for the material harm suffered by him, in particular by payment of all outstanding remuneration and all other expenses caused to the applicant by the unlawful conduct of the EEAS (net of unemployment benefit received or income from work);

In the alternative, in the event that, for legal or factual reasons, the applicant is not reinstated in the service and/or further employed under the previous conditions, order the EEAS to pay the applicant compensation for material harm suffered by him as a result of the unlawful termination of his employment in the amount of the difference between his actual expected income and the income which the applicant would have received had the contract continued to run, having regard to pension benefits and other entitlements; and

Order the EEAS to pay the costs of the proceedings.