Judgment of the General Court of 2 September 2020 — IR v Commission

(Case T-131/20) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Rights and obligations of officials - Secondment in the interests of the service - Article 37, first paragraph, heading (a), first indent, of the Staff Regulations - Article 38 of the Staff Regulations - Refusal to extend a secondment - Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials - Rights of the defence)

(2020/C 378/42)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: IR (represented by: S. Pappas and A. Pappas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Bohr and I. Melo Sampaio, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment, first, of the decision of the Commission of 2 July 2019 rejecting the request of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) that the applicant’s secondment within its services should be extended for an additional year and, second, of the decision of 23 January 2020 rejecting the applicant’s complaint brought against the decision of 2 July 2019.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Annuls the decision of the European Commission of 2 July 2019 rejecting the request of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) that IR’s secondment within its services be extended for an additional year;

2.	Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 161, 11.5.2020.