Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 June 2025 – ZR v European Union Intellectual Property Office

(Case C-364/23 P)
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202504123EN.000101-E0001)

(Appeal - Civil service - Interinstitutional transfer - Transfer application on the basis of Article 8 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, submitted in response to a vacancy notice - Rejection of that application - Obligation to take account of the order of priority laid down in Article 29(1) of those regulations - Errors of law - Contradictory reasoning)

(C/2025/4123)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: ZR (represented by: A. Champetier and S. Rodrigues, avocats)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Lekan and A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 29 March 2023, ZR v EUIPO (T-400/21, EU:T:2023:169); |

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| 2. | Annuls the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 8 September 2020 rejecting the application made by ZR on 12 May 2020, by which she sought, in accordance with Articles 8 and 29 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, to be transferred to EUIPO; |

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| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by ZR in the present appeal and at first instance. |

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/4123/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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