Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 25 June 2020 –  
Schneider v EUIPO

(Case C‑116/19 P) (
[1](#t-ECR_62019CJ0116_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Appeal – Civil service – Temporary staff – Internal reorganisation of the services of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – Reassignment – Legal basis – Article 7 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Interests of the service – Substantial changes in tasks – Qualification – Transfer – Change – Misuse of power – Right to be heard – Obligation to state reasons – Right to a fair hearing – Right to effective judicial protection – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union)

| 1. | Actions brought by officials – Grounds – Misuse of powers – Meaning – Decision in the interest of the service – No misuse of powers  (see paras 49, 50) |

| 2. | Officials – Organisation of services – Staff allocation – Reassignment in the interest of the service – Right of the person concerned to be heard – Absence  (Staff Regulations, Art. 7)  (see para. 61) |

| 3. | Appeal – Grounds – Specific criticism of a point of the General Court’s reasoning necessary  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(2))  (see para. 71) |

| 4. | Appeal – Grounds – Plea directed against a superfluous ground – Invalid plea in law – Rejection  (Art. 256(1) TFEU)  (see paras 76, 106) |

| 5. | Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken assessment of the facts – Inadmissible  (Art. 256 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)  (see para. 97) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

| 2. | Orders Mr Gregor Schneider to pay the costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62019CJ0116_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 213, 24.6.2019](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2019:213:TOC).

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