Action brought on 3 April 2024 – DO v ECB

(Case T-180/24)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: DO (represented by: L. Levi and P. Baudoux, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Annul the defendant’s decision embodied in the applicant’s July salary slip which was notified on 14 July 2023;

Annul, if need be, the defendant’s decision of 17 October 2023, rejecting the applicant’s request for an administrative review dated 25 August 2023;

Annul, if need be, the defendant’s decision of 5 February 2024, rejecting the applicant’s request for a grievance procedure dated 14 December 2023;

Order the defendant to pay all the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.

First plea in law, alleging breaches of the rules embodied in the Tax Regulations ¹ and the ECB Staff Rules and that the defendant made a manifest error of appreciation.

Second plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of equal treatment.

Third plea in law, alleging breach of the duty to state reasons.

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¹ The application refers in this regard to Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (OJ, English Special Edition 1968 (I), p. 37).