Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:872
Date: 2018-12-04
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Staff cases - inadmissible

Judgment of the General Court of 4 December 2018 — Schneider v EUIPO (Case T-560/16) 1 (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Internal reorganisation of EUIPO’s services — Redeployment — Legal basis — Article 7 of the Staff Regulations — Interests of the service — Significant change in tasks — Equivalence of posts — Covert penalty — Misuse of powers — Right to be heard — Obligation to state reasons) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Gregor Schneider (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer) Re: Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Executive Director of EUIPO of 2 October 2014 to redeploy the applicant from the International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department to the Operations Department of EUIPO. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Mr Gregor Schneider to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). ____________ 1 C 328, 5.10.2015 (case initially registered before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union under case number F-116/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).