Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:C:2020:435
Date: 2020-06-04
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Ninth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases;Action for damages;Appeal - successful
Origin: Netherlands

Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 June 2020 — Boudewijn Schokker v European Union Aviation Safety Agency (C-310/19 P) 1 (Appeal — Civil service — Contract staff — Recruitment procedure — Classification in grade — Conditions of Employment of Other Servants — Article 86 — European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) — General implementing provisions — Challenge of the proposed classification — Withdrawal of the offer of employment — Action for compensation — Principle of sound administration — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Breach of administrative duty — Non-contractual liability of the European Union — Non-material damage — Compensation) Language of the case: French Parties Appellant: Boudewijn Schokker (represented by: T. Martin and S. Orlandi, avocats) Other party to the proceedings: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (represented by: S. Rostren, acting as Agent, and D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, avocats) Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the order of the General Court of the European Union of 8 February 2019, Schokker v EASA (T-817/17, not published, EU:T:2019:74); Orders the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to pay compensation in the sum of EUR 7 500 to Mr Boudewijn Schokker; Orders the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to pay its own costs relating to the proceedings at first instance in Case T-817/17 and the appeal proceedings as well as those incurred by Mr Boudewijn Schokker relating to both those proceedings. ____________ 1 OJ C 255, 29.7.2019.