# C_2020077EN.01004302.xml

| 9.3.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 77/43 |
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9.3.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 77/43

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Judgment of the General Court of 29 January 2020 — Aquino and Others v Parliament

(Case T-402/18) (1)

(Civil service - Strike action by interpreters - Measures for the requisition of interpreters adopted by the European Parliament - No legal basis - Liability - Non-material damage)

(2020/C 77/62)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: Roberto Aquino (Brussels, Belgium) and the 25 and the other applicants whose names are set out in the annex to the judgment (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: O. Caisou-Rousseau, T. Lazian and E. Taneva, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of 2 July 2018 of the Parliament’s Director-General for Personnel requisitioning interpreters and conference interpreters for 3 July 2018 and of the subsequent decisions of the Parliament’s Director-General for Personnel requisitioning interpreters and conference interpreters for 4, 5, 10 and 11 July 2018 and, secondly, compensation for the non-material damage, assessed on an equitable basis at EUR 1 000 per person, which the applicants allegedly suffered as a result of those decisions.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of 2 July 2018 of the Director-General for Personnel of the European Parliament requisitioning interpreters and conference interpreters for 3 July 2018; |
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Annuls the decision of 2 July 2018 of the Director-General for Personnel of the European Parliament requisitioning interpreters and conference interpreters for 3 July 2018;

| 2. | Orders the Parliament to pay the sum of EUR 500 each to Barbara Carli-Ganotis, Claudine de Seze, Maria Corina Diaconu Olszewski, Maria Provata, Irène Sevastikoglou and Benedetta Tissi; |
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2.

Orders the Parliament to pay the sum of EUR 500 each to Barbara Carli-Ganotis, Claudine de Seze, Maria Corina Diaconu Olszewski, Maria Provata, Irène Sevastikoglou and Benedetta Tissi;

| 3. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |
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3.

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

| 4. | Orders the Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicants requisitioned by the decision of 2 July 2018, including the costs relating to the interim measures proceedings and those relating to the intervention of the Council of the European Union; |
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4.

Orders the Parliament to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicants requisitioned by the decision of 2 July 2018, including the costs relating to the interim measures proceedings and those relating to the intervention of the Council of the European Union;

| 5. | Orders the applicants requisitioned by the decisions adopted after the action was brought to bear their own costs; |
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5.

Orders the applicants requisitioned by the decisions adopted after the action was brought to bear their own costs;

| 6. | Orders the Council to bear its own costs. |
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6.

Orders the Council to bear its own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 364, 8.10.2018.

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