Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2022:840
Date: 2022-10-27
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Staff cases;Action for damages

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 October 2022 – CE v Committee of the Regions (Case C‑539/21 P) (1) (Appeal – Civil Service – Members of the temporary staff – Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union – Article 2(c) – Contract for an indefinite period – Early termination with notice – Article 47(c)(i) – Breakdown in relationship of trust – Terms implementing the notice – Manifest error of assessment and error of law – Omissions – Action for annulment and for damages) 1. Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file – Requirement for that distortion to have an impact on the General Court’s reasoning (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paragraphs 89, 90, 98, 113, 115, 125) 2. Officials – Members of the temporary staff – Members of the temporary staff falling within Article 2(c) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants – Member of the temporary staff assigned to a political group of the Committee of the Regions – Dismissal on grounds connected with the relationship of mutual trust – Judicial review – Limits (Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Art. 2(c)) (see paragraph 110) 3. Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility – Plea seeking to address the lack of precision at first instance as regards the alleged damage– Inadmissibility (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 21, first para.) (see paragraph 124) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders CE to bear her costs and to pay those incurred by the Committee of the Regions. 1 OJ C 37, 24.1.2022.