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Official Journal of the European Union

C 431/39

(Case T-713/14)

(2014/C 431/62)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: International and European Public Services Organisation in the Federal Republic of Germany (IPSO) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the General Court should:

—Annul the ECB Executive Board’s decision of 30 May 2014, pronounced on 16 July 2014, to fix at two years the maximum length of certain contracts for temporary staff performing secretarial and administrative roles;

—Order the defendant to pay compensation for non-pecuniary damage estimated ex aequo et bono at EUR 15 000;

—Order the defendant to pay all the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.

1.First plea in law, alleging, on the one hand, a breach of the applicant’s right to information and consultation as guaranteed by Article 27 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Directive 2002/14 (1) and defined and implemented by the framework agreement on recognition, sharing of information and consultation and the ad hoc agreement of January 2014 establishing the working group on temporary staff, concluded between the ECB and IPSO, and, on the other hand, a breach of those agreements.

2.Second plea in law, alleging a breach of the right to good administration and, in particular, of the right to be heard and of the right of access to information, procedural rights guaranteed by Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

(1) Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community — Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on employee representation (OJ 2002 L 80, p. 29).

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