19.2.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 55/37

(Case F-114/10)

2011/C 55/69

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Carlos Bowles and Others (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) (represented by: L. Lévi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the applicants’ salary slips for January 2010 and the following months in so far as they apply a salary increase of 2 % as a result of the 2010 salary adjustment procedure and compensation for the material loss suffered by the applicants.

Form of order sought

—Annul the applicants’ salary slips for January 2010 and the following months in so far as they apply a salary increase of 2 %, in order to apply an increase of 2.1 %, calculated on the basis of an adjustment of 3.6 % at the Commission

—In so far as is necessary, annul the decisions rejecting the applications for reconsideration and the complaints brought by the applicants;

—Compensate the applicants for their material loss, consisting of the difference between the salary increase of 2 % improperly awarded from January 2010 and the 2.1 % increase to which they should have been entitled, that is to say, a increase of 0.1 % per month from January 2010 in salary and in all other amounts derived from it (including pension rights). Interest must be paid on those amounts from the respective dates on which they became due until they are actually paid, the interest to be calculated on the basis of a rate two points above that applied by the European Central Bank to main refinancing operations during the period concerned.

—Compensate for the loss of purchasing power, fixed, ex aequo et bono, at EUR 5 000 for each applicant;

—Compensate the applicants for their non-material loss, calculated, ex aequo et bono, at EUR 5 000 for each applicant;

—Order the European Central Bank to pay the costs.