Case F-68/07: Action brought on 6 July 2007 — Gering v Europol
Date: 2007-10-20
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: Europol, action by staff, equal pay, recruitment, remuneration of work, work contract

C 247/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.10.2007

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Action brought on 6 July 2007 — Gering v Europol

(Case F-68/07)

(2007/C 247/69)

Language of the case: Dutch

and not as from 1 August 2003, is justified by the fact that it
was as from 1 December 2004 only that the applicant started
performing activities of a similar importance to those of heads
of unit classified in Grade 4 and involving similar responsibil-
ities. The applicant challenges that argument and submits that
Europol has failed to explain how his tasks and responsibilities
in the period from 1 August 2003 to 1 December 2004 differed
from those of other heads of units. Furthermore, Europol has
not established the facts and circumstances to show that the
applicant's activities were less intense and/or included fewer
responsibilities than those of other heads of unit.

Parties

Applicant: Radolf Gering (The Hague, Netherlands) (represented
by: P. de Casparis, lawyer)

Defendant: European Police Office (Europol)

Action brought on 27 July 2007 — Boudova and Others v
Commission

Form of order sought

— annul the complaints decision of 5 April 2007, sent on
10 April 2007, and, so far as is necessary, the contract of
24 April 2007 also, in so far as it concerns classification.

— order Europol:

— primarily: to pay the applicant, as from 1 August 2003,
a salary corresponding to Grade 4.2 or, if the Tribunal
considers
salary corresponding to
a
Grade 4.1;

it necessary,

Parties

(Case F-78/07)

(2007/C 247/70)

Language of the case: French

— in the alternative:

to pay the applicant, as

from
1 August 2003, a salary corresponding to Grade 4.6, as
from 1 August 2005,
salary corresponding to
a
Grade 4.8 and, as from 1 August 2007, a salary corre-
sponding to Grade 4.9;

— order Europol to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant challenges in particular the Europol decision of
5 April 2007 and the addendum of 24 April 2007 to his
recruitment contract inasmuch as those acts classified him in
Grade 4, step 2, with effect from 1 December 2004 and not
with effect from 1 August 2003, which was the date of his
recruitment.

Applicants: Stanislava Boudova (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) and
Others (represented by: M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities

Form of order sought

— Annul

the

implied decision of

the Commission of
23 September 2006, confirmed by the letter of the Director-
the
General of
European Communities (OPOCE), to reject the applicants'
application of 23 May 2006, the purpose of which was:

the Office for Official Publications of

The applicant submits that Europol should have respected the
principle of equality in remunerating and classifying the
members of its staff. According to Europol, the decision to clas-
sify the applicant in a higher grade as from 1 December 2004,

— the revision of their classification in grade B*3 by the
decision to recruit them as probationary officials and
their reclassification in grade B*6 as at the time at which
that decision took effect;