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Document 62015TJ0719

Judgment of the General Court (Appeal Chamber) of 17 January 2017.
LP v European Police Office.
Appeal — Civil Service — Temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Decision not to renew — Implied rejection decision — Decision rejecting the complaint — Duty to state reasons — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff.
Case T-719/15 P.

Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section

Judgment of the General Court (Appeal Chamber) of 17 January 2017 —
LP v Europol

(Case T‑719/15 P)

(Appeal — Civil Service — Temporary staff — Fixed-term contract — Decision not to renew — Implied rejection decision — Decision rejecting the complaint — Duty to state reasons — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff)

1. 

Officials — Decision adversely affecting an official — Obligation to state reasons — Complete lack of reasoning — Regularisation during the proceedings — Not permissible

(Art. 296 TFEU; Staff Regulations, Art. 25)

(see para. 17)

2. 

Actions brought by officials — Prior administrative complaint — Rejection decision — Account taken of the reasoning therein

(Staff Regulations, Arts 90 and 91)

(see paras 18-20)

3. 

Judicial proceedings — Res judicata — Scope

(see para. 25)

4. 

Appeal — Pleas in law — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility

(see paras 43, 44)

5. 

Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Recruitment — Renewal of a fixed-term contract — Administration’s discretion — Administration’s duty to have regard for the interests of officials — Account taken of the interests of the staff member concerned — Limits

(see paras 59-65, 69)

Re:

APPEAL lodged against the order of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal [confidential], ( 1 ) and seeking annulment of that order.

Operative part

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders LP to bear his/her own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Police Office (Europol) in the present instance.


( 1 ) Confidential information hidden.

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