Judgment of the General Court of 21 September 2011 - Adjemian and Others v Commission
(Appeals - Civil service - Agents - Contract of employment for a fixed period - Refusal to conclude a new contract of employment or to renew a contract of employment for an indefinite period - Framework Agreement on fixed-term work - Directive 1999/70/EC - Article 88 of the CEOS - Commission decision concerning the maximum duration of the recourse to non-permanent staff in the Commission's services)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: Vahan Adjemian (Angera, Italy) and the 175 agents and former agents of the European Commission whose names appear in annex to the judgment (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and D. Martin, Agents); and Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and K. Zieleśkiewicz, Agents)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) delivered on 4 June 2009 in Joined Cases F-134/07 and F-8/08 Adjemian and Others v Commission (not yet published in the ECR), asking for that judgment to be set aside.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Sets aside the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 4 June 2009 in Joined Cases F-134/07 and F-8/08 Adjemian and Others v Commission in so far as it found that there was no need to adjudicate on the claims made by the applicants in Case F-134/07 whose names appear in annex against the decision rejecting their complaints;
Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;
The action brought by the applicants in Case F-134/07 whose names appear in annex is dismissed to the extent that that action seeks the annulment of the decisions rejecting their complaints;
Orders Vahan Adjemian and the 175 agents and former agents of the European Commission whose names appear in annex to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission and the Council of the European Union in these proceedings.
____________1 - OJ C 256, 24.10.2009.