62017TJ0242_INF
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 19 October 2022 –SC v Eulex Kosovo
(Case T‑242/17 RENV)
(Arbitration clause – Common foreign and security policy – Civil international staff of EU international missions – Consecutive fixed-term employment contracts – Internal competition – Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract – Contractual liability – Non-contractual liability – Action for damages – Jurisdiction of the General Court – Admissibility – Procedure by default)
1.
Common foreign and security policy – Civilian missions of the European Union – Staff – International civilian staff members – Actions for damages – Jurisdiction of the EU judicature – Staff member employed under successive fixed-term contracts – First employment contracts conferring jurisdiction on the courts of a Member State – Final contracts containing a jurisdiction clause conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Justice of the European Union – Scope of the arbitration clause – Action seeking to establish the unlawfulness of a decision not to accept the application of that staff member following an internal competition and of a decision not to renew her final employment contract – Included
(Arts 268 and 272 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 42-45, 47)
2.
Common foreign and security policy – Civilian missions of the European Union – Ratione personae – International civilian staff members – Actions for damages – Staff member employed under successive fixed-term contracts – Decision not to accept the application of that staff member following an internal competition and decision not to renew her final employment contract – Context substantiating an apparent lack of impartiality or a conflict of interests – Compensation for the material damage suffered
(Arts 268 and 272 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 60-68)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Orders Eulex Kosovo to pay SC compensation in respect of the material damage suffered, equivalent to 19 months’ gross salary, to which the daily subsistence allowance and the salary increase should be added, to correspond to the situation in which the final employment contract was renewed until 14 June 2018, together with compensation for the non-material damage suffered, assessed on ex æquo et bono at EUR 50000;
2.
Orders Eulex Kosovo to pay the costs relating to the present proceedings and to the proceedings in Case C‑730/18 P and Case T‑242/17.