Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Single Judge) of 29 October 2015 — Xenakis v Commission

(Case F-52/15) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Automatic retirement - Retirement age - Request to extend the period of employment - Second paragraph of Article 52 of the Staff Regulations - Refusal to extend the period of employment - Interest of the service))

(2015/C 406/46)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Yannis Xenakis (Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and C. Ehrbar, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission’s decision rejecting the application to extend the applicant’s service and, accordingly, confirming his automatic retirement on 31 October 2014 and application for damages in respect of the material harm allegedly suffered and the symbolic sum of EUR 1 in respect of the non-material harm alleged.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Mr Xenakis to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.

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(1)   OJ C 190, 8.6.2015, p. 38.