22.10.2018

Official Journal of the European Union

C 381/21

(Case T-788/16) (*)

((Civil service - Officials - Leave - Adoption of the Parliament’s new Guidelines on leave management - Individual decisions taken under the new guidelines in the interpretation services - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Interests of the service - Plea of illegality))

(2018/C 381/23)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Dominique De Geoffroy (Brussels, Belgium) and the 14 other applicants whose names are annexed to the judgment (represented initially by N. de Montigny and J.-N. Louis, and subsequently by N. de Montigny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: E. Taneva and L. Deneys, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application pursuant to Article 270 TFEU seeking the annulment, first, of Parliament’s guidelines of 21 March 2016 on the implementation, for interpretation services, of Article 4(5) of the internal rules on leave management; secondly, of Parliament’s decision of 12 April 2016 accepting Ms Françoise Joostens’ application for leave, but including the requested days of leave within a quota of three and a half days; thirdly, of Parliament’s decision of 2 June 2016 refusing to grant leave applied for by Mrs Joostens and, fourthly, of the Parliament’s decision of 13 June 2016 refusing to grant leave applied for by Mr Stéphane Grosjean.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 13 June 2016 refusing to grant leave applied for by Mr Stéphane Grosjean.

2.Dismisses the remainder of the action.

3.Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(*)

Language of the case: French

ECLI:EU:C:2018:140