Order — ECLI:EU:F:2013:218
Date: 2013-12-16
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: First Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - inadmissible

Summary Actions brought by officials — Prior administrative complaint — Time-limits — Matter of public policy — To be considered of the Court’s own motion (Staff Regulations, Art. 90(2)) The time-limit of three months for lodging a complaint against an act adversely affecting an official, laid down in Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations is a matter of public policy and is not subject to the discretion of the parties or the EU Court, since it was established in order to ensure that legal positions are clear and certain and that there is legal certainty. It is therefore for the EU Court to verify, of its own motion, whether it has been complied with. (see para. 13) See: 7 September 2005, T‑358/03 Krahl v Commission, para. 35 and the case-law cited