Information;Order — ECLI:EU:T:2023:488
Date: 2023-08-29
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - inadmissible;Action for damages

Order of the General Court of 29 August 2023 – LD v EUIPO (Case T-633/22) 1 (Civil service – Officials – Article 42c of the Staff Regulations – Leave in the interests of the service – Withdrawal of rights and privileges – Categorisation as a complaint – Article 90 of the Staff Regulations – Lodging of a second complaint – Time limit for bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: LD (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent) Re: By her action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks (i) annulment of the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 December 2021 rejecting her requests made by letters of 8 August and 12 November 2021 for her rights and privileges to be maintained during the period while she is on leave in the interests of the service, and annulment of any implied decision of EUIPO relating to those requests, (ii) an order that EUIPO take the measures necessary to maintain those rights and privileges, and (iii) compensation for the damage she claims to have suffered. Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed. 2. LD shall pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 7, 9.1.2023.