6.3.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 70/24 |
Action brought on 5 January 2017 — RI v Council
(Case T-9/17)
(2017/C 070/33)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: RI (Paris, France) (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)
Defendant: Council of the European Union
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the decision of the Council’s appointing authority of 8 February 2016 refusing to recognise the applicant’s invalidity as arising from an occupational disease within the meaning of paragraph 5 of Article 78 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union; |
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order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
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First plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment and misinterpretation of the concept of an occupational disease by the Council’s Invalidity Committee and appointing authority. The applicant contests, in particular, the committee’s findings that:
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Second plea in law, alleging a failure to fulfil the obligation to provide a statement of reasons, in that the Invalidity Committee did not provide an explanation to the requisite legal standard as regards the reasons that led it to depart from the earlier medical reports clearly showing the occupational origin of the applicant’s illness, described as ‘Carpal Tunnel Syndrome complicated by algoneurodystrophy’. |