12.5.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 138/27


Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 29 September 2011 — Michael Heath v ECB

(Case F-121/10) (1)

(Civil Service - ECB Staff - Pension scheme - Pension plan - Annual pension increase - Harmonised index of consumer prices - Opinion of pension plan actuary - Consultation of staff committee - Consultation of oversight committee - Right to negotiate by collective agreement)

(2012/C 138/55)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Michael Heath (Southampton, United Kingdom) (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: P. Embley and E. Carlini, agents, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application to annul the applicant’s pension slips for January 2010 and the following months, in so far as they apply a pension increase of 0.6% following the 2010 pension adjustment exercise, and compensation for the damage suffered by the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders Mr Heath to bear his own costs and to pay the costs of the European Central Bank.


(1)  OJ C 30, 29.1.2011, p. 67.