Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 4.2.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 44/24 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 4 December 2018 — Schneider v EUIPO

(Case T-560/16) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2019044EN.01002401-E0001)

((Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Internal reorganisation of EUIPO’s services - Redeployment - Legal basis - Article 7 of the Staff Regulations - Interests of the service - Significant change in tasks - Equivalence of posts - Covert penalty - Misuse of powers - Right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons))

(2019/C 44/29)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Gregor Schneider (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Executive Director of EUIPO of 2 October 2014 to redeploy the applicant from the International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department to the Operations Department of EUIPO.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Mr Gregor Schneider to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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