19.9.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 359/62


Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2022 — JF v EUCAP Somalia

(Case T-194/20) (1)

(Arbitration clause - International contract staff of EUCAP Somalia - Common Foreign and Security Policy mission - Non-renewal of employment contract following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union - Right to be heard - Equal treatment - Non-discrimination on grounds of nationality - Transition period provided for in the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union - Action for annulment - Action for damages - Acts inseparable from the contract - Inadmissibility)

(2022/C 359/74)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: JF (represented by: A. Kunst, lawyer)

Defendant: EUCAP Somalia (represented by: E. Raoult, lawyer)

Re:

By his action, the applicant, seeks, first, on the basis of Article 263 TFEU, annulment of EUCAP Somalia’s note of 18 January 2020 and the letter of 29 January 2020 by which it decided not to renew his contract of employment and, secondly, on the basis of Article 268 TFEU, compensation for the damage he suffered as a result of those acts, and, in the alternative, on the basis of Article 272 TFEU, that the contested acts be declared unlawful and compensation for the damage he suffered as a result of those acts.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders JF to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 201, 15.6.2020.