Case F-135/06: Action brought on 27 November 2006 — Lafleur-Tighe v Commission
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, equal treatment, personnel administration, recognition of diplomas, recruitment, servant (EU), staff assessment

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 326/87

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant concluded an agreement with the Commission
intended to bring to an end by amicable settlement the dispute
brought before the Court of First Instance of the European
Communities in Case T-155/05 (1).

by virtue of retroactive application of the United Kingdom
weighting to the applicant's pension with effect from 1
April 2004;

— order the defendant to pay the costs.

The applicant alleges that the Commission failed to give full
effect to the terms of the agreement.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of his action, he alleges in particular breach by the
Commission of the principle of legality, the principle of pacta
sunt servanda, the principle of the protection of legitimate expec-
tations, the duty to have regard to the welfare of officials and
the principle of sound administration.

(1) OJ C 155, 25.06.2006, p. 26.

Action brought on 29 November 2006 — Bordini v
Commission

(Case F-134/06)

(2006/C 326/175)

Language of the case: French

In support of his application, the applicant argues, first, that the
contested decision is contrary to the principle of the obligation
to state reasons, in so far as it is framed in terms so vague that
it is not possible to understand the underlying reasoning.

The applicant additionally invokes infringement of Article 82 of
the former Staff Regulations and Article 20 of Annex XIII to the
new Staff Regulations; a manifest error of assessment of the
facts giving rise to an error in law; breach of the principle of
proportionality; and failure to respect the right to privacy.

Lastly, the applicant submits that the Commission was in breach
of the duty to have regard for the welfare of officials and of the
principle of sound administration.

Action brought on 27 November 2006 — Lafleur-Tighe v
Commission

(Case F-135/06)

(2006/C 326/176)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Giovanni Bordini
sented by: L. Levi, C. Ronzi and I. Perego, lawyers)

(Dover, United Kingdom)

(repre-

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Parties

Forms of order sought

— annul

the decision of 25 January 2006 by which the
appointing authority refused to recognise that the applicant
was resident in the United Kingdom and, in consequence,
refused to apply the weighting for the United Kingdom to
his pension;

— order the defendant to pay interest — on the basis of a rate
two points higher than the rate fixed by the European
Central Bank, and applicable during the period concerned,
for major refinancing operations — on the amounts payable

Applicant: Virgine Lafleur-Tighe (Makati, Philippines) (represented
by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission

Form of order sought

— annul the decision of the appointing authority placing the
applicant in grade 13, step 1, on the date of her recruitment
as a contractual agent, in so far as that decision is to be
signed on
inferred from the contract of employment
22 December 2005;

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— indicate to the appointing authority the effects entailed by
annulment of the contested decision, in particular, the fact
that the applicant's work experience since 1993, when she
obtained her Bachelor's degree, must be taken into account
and that she must be re-graded as grade 14 with retroactive
effect from 22 December 2005;

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 22 November 2006
— Larsen v Commission

(Case F-11/06) (1)

(2006/C 326/177)

Language of the case: French

— order the defendant to pay the costs.

The President of the First Chamber has ordered that the case be
removed from the register.

Pleas in law and main arguments

(1) OJ C 74, 25.3.2006, p. 35.

that

first,

the appointing authority
The applicant argues,
committed a manifest error of assessment in requiring her to
produce a certificate attesting to the equivalence of her Bache-
lor's degree of comparable authority to the decision issued by
the French Community in Belgium in
the Government of
respect of her Master's degree.

Secondly, the applicant maintains that the appointing authority
infringed the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimina-
tion in so far as it refused to take into account the certificate
issued by the National Qualifications Authority of
Ireland
attesting to the equivalence of that qualification.

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal of 20 November 2006
— Andersson and Others v Commission

(Case F-69/06) (1)

(2006/C 326/178)

Language of the case: French

The President of the Second Chamber has ordered that the case
be removed from the register.

(1) OJ C 190, 12.8.2006, p. 35.