Order — ECLI:EU:F:2016:152
Date: 2016-07-18
Language of the case: French
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 — Date on which complaint made — Receipt by the administration (Staff Regulations, Art. 90(2)) In order for a complaint to be regarded as having been validly made under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations, the authority in question must have been in a position to take cognisance of its contents within the prescribed time limit. Consequently, the date to be taken into consideration, for assessing whether a complaint was lodged within the prescribed time limit, is the date when it was received by the institution concerned. (see para. 26) See: Order of 29 June 2011 in Schuerewegen v Parliament, F‑125/10, EU:F:2011:98, paras 22 and 25