Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 29 March 2023 –  
ZR v EUIPO

(Case T‑400/21) (
[1](#t-ECR_62021TJ0400_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Civil service – Officials – Vacancy notice – Application for interinstitutional transfer – First paragraph of Article 8 of the Staff Regulations – Transfer refusal – Priority order – Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations – Equal treatment – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Duty of care – Corrigendum)

| 1. | Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Lodging submissions supplementing the originating application – Whether permissible – Conditions  (Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Arts 84 and 85)  (see paragraphs 17-21) |

| 2. | Officials – Inter-institutional transfer – Transfer application – Meaning – Application of an official, seconded to an agency as a temporary agent, referring to a vacancy notice internal to the agency and asking to be transferred to that agency – Included  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 8, first para.)  (see paragraphs 41-48) |

| 3. | Officials – Inter-institutional transfer – Right to a transfer – None – Duty of the host institution to balance the interests involved – Scope  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 8, first para.)  (see paragraphs 50, 54, 86, 87, 119) |

| 4. | Officials – Vacancy notice – Call for expressions of interest aimed at appointing as officials of an agency temporary and contract agents seconded to it – Examination of the applications – Obligation to give priority to officials seconded to the agency – None – Breach of the principle of equal treatment – Absence  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 4, 8 and 29(1)(b))  (see paragraphs 60-64, 78, 79, 82, 83) |

| 5. | Officials – Inter-institutional transfer – Decision to reject – Obligation to state reasons – Scope  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25(2))  (see paragraphs 94-97) |

| 6. | Officials – Inter-institutional transfer – Transfer application – Discretion of the host institution regarding the action to be taken – Judicial review – Limits – Manifest error of assessment – Meaning – Burden of proof  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 8)  (see paragraphs 106, 107) |

| 7. | Officials – Acts of the administration – Presumption of validity – Challenge – Burden of proof – Obligation to put forward evidence capable of challenging the lawfulness of the act  (see paragraph 115) |

| 8. | Officials – Inter-institutional transfer – Transfer application – Discretion of the host institution regarding the action to be taken – Limits – Respect of the duty of care – Reconciliation with the interests of the service  (see paragraphs 125-127) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders ZR to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62021TJ0400_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 368, 13.9.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:368:TOC).

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