4.3.2019

Official Journal of the European Union

C 82/47

(Case T-689/16) (*)

((Civil service - Officials - Assignment - Decision with retroactive effect - Article 22a of the Staff Regulations - Authority lacking competence - Liability - Compensation in respect of material and non-material harm))

(2019/C 82/54)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Nikolaos Pipiliagkas (Brussels, Belgium) (represented initially by J.-N. Louis and N. de Montigny and subsequently by J.-N. Louis, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by C. Berardis-Kayser and G. Gattinara and subsequently by G. Gattinara and L. Radu Bouyon, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action on the basis of Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of 22 December 2015 of the Head of Unit ‘Career and performance management’ of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, concerning the reassignment of the applicant with retroactive effect, and, secondly, compensation for the material and non-material harm which he claims to have suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of 22 December 2015 of the Head of Unit ‘Career and performance management’ of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, concerning the reassignment of Mr Nikolaos Pipiliagkas with effect from 1 January 2013;

2.Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

3.Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and half of the costs of Mr Pipiliagkas;

4.Orders Mr Pipiliagkas to bear half of his own costs.

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Language of the case: French

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OJ C 441, 28.11.2016.