Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 1 March 2002 by Léopold Radauer against the Council of the European Union.

    (Case T-67/02)

    Language of the case: French

An action against the Council of the European Union was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 1 March 2002 by Léopold Radauer, residing in Brussels, represented by Georges Vandersanden and Laure Levi, avocats.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(annul the defendant's decision of 17 April 2001 fixing at 3 years, 10 months and 10 days the number of years of pensionable service to be taken into account for the applicant's Community pension following the transfer of his pension rights acquired in Austria prior to his entry into the service of the European Communities and, in so far as necessary, annul the Council decision, dated 15 November 2001, to reject the applicant's complaint of 17 July 2001;

(order the defendant to fix again, on an amended legal basis and in a manner devoid of any illegality, the years of pensionable service to be taken into account for the applicant's Community pension following the transfer of his pension rights acquired in Austria;

(order the defendant to pay all of the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments:

The single plea in law raised is the same as that in Case T-204/01 Maria-Luise Lindorfer v Council of the European Union (OJ 2001 C 317 of 10 November 2001, p. 32).

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