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Document 62019CJ0116
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 June 2020.
Gregor Schneider v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Appeal – Civil service – Temporary staff – Internal reorganisation of the services of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – Reassignment – Legal basis – Article 7 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Interests of the service – Substantial changes in tasks – Qualification – Transfer – Change – Misuse of power – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Right to a fair hearing – Right to effective judicial protection – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Case C-116/19 P.
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 June 2020.
Gregor Schneider v European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Appeal – Civil service – Temporary staff – Internal reorganisation of the services of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – Reassignment – Legal basis – Article 7 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Interests of the service – Substantial changes in tasks – Qualification – Transfer – Change – Misuse of power – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Right to a fair hearing – Right to effective judicial protection – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Case C-116/19 P.
Court reports – general – 'Information on unpublished decisions' section
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:501
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 June 2020 –
Schneider v EUIPO
(Case C‑116/19 P) ( 1 )
(Appeal – Civil service – Temporary staff – Internal reorganisation of the services of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – Reassignment – Legal basis – Article 7 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Interests of the service – Substantial changes in tasks – Qualification – Transfer – Change – Misuse of power – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Right to a fair hearing – Right to effective judicial protection – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)
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Actions brought by officials – Grounds – Misuse of powers – Meaning – Decision in the interest of the service – No misuse of powers (see paras 49, 50) |
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Officials – Organisation of services – Staff allocation – Reassignment in the interest of the service – Right of the person concerned to be heard – Absence (Staff Regulations, Art. 7) (see para. 61) |
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Appeal – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(2)) (see para. 71) |
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Appeal – Grounds – Plea directed against a superfluous ground – Invalid plea in law – Rejection (Art. 256(1) TFEU) (see paras 76, 106) |
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Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts – Inadmissible (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 97) |
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders Mr Gregor Schneider to pay the costs. |
( 1 ) OJ C 213, 24.6.2019.