19.12.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 475/21

(Case T-740/16)

(2016/C 475/32)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Adolf Stips (Besozzo, Italy) (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

Declare and rule that

—the European Commission is ordered to make good in full the harm suffered by the applicant as a result of the delay encountered in the organisation of the 2013 re-grading exercise;

—in any event, the European Commission is ordered to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law, alleging the loss which he suffered which is attributable exclusively to the disregard by the Commission of its duty of sound administration, enshrined in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The applicant argues, firstly, that the list of re-graded staff was not adopted by the Commission within a reasonable period, that is to say before 31 December 2013. He adds, secondly, that the material harm which is allegedly suffered is real and quantifiable and, thirdly, that there is a causal link between the Commission’s administrative error and the loss which he suffered.