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Official Journal of the European Union

C 34/51

(Case F-128/14)

(2015/C 034/62)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: L. Vogel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the appointing authority’s decision to impose on the applicant the disciplinary penalty of deferment of advancement to a higher step for a 12-month period.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

—annul the decision adopted by the appointing authority, in the person of three Directors General of the Commission, dated 23 December 2013, by which the penalty of deferment of advancement to a higher step was imposed on the applicant for a 12-month period, taking effect on 31 December 2013, under Article 9(1)(c) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations;

—in so far as necessary, also annul the decision adopted by the appointing authority on 22 July 2014, by which the applicant’s complaint, dated 21 March 2014, challenging the aforementioned disciplinary sentence of 23 December 2013, was rejected;

—order the defendant to pay the costs of the present proceedings, under Article 101 of the Rules of Procedure, and in particular the expenses necessarily incurred for the purpose of the proceedings, such as travel and subsistence expenses and the lawyers’ expenses and fees, under Article 105(c) of those Rules.