Action brought on 12 July 2007 — U v Commission

(Case F-69/07)

(2007/C 235/53)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: U (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant, after having worked for the Commission from 1 May 2001 to 15 September 2006 as a member of the local staff and member of the auxiliary staff under 14 successive separate fixed-term contracts of employment, was recruited as a member of the contract staff for the period from 16 September 2006 to 15 September 2009. Having established during the medical visit prior to recruitment that the applicant was suffering from a sickness, the Appointing Authority applied the proviso laid down in Article 100 of the CEOS and Article 1 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations.

In support of her appeal, the applicant first submits that by limiting the duration of her contract as a member of the contract staff, the Commission infringed the principle of stability of the employment relationship such as it follows from the general principles of law relating to the protection of workers. In so far as it is necessary, she pleads that Article 88 of the CEOS is unlawful.

In addition, the applicant claims that the proviso clause not to grant her guaranteed benefits in respect of invalidity or death fails to take account of the scope of Article 100 of the CEOS, inasmuch as the administration is imposing on her a new exclusion period of 5 years even though she has been in the Commission's service since 1 May 2001. In so far as it is necessary, she pleads that Article 100 of the CEOS is unlawful.