Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 7 May 2019 –  
WP v EUIPO

(Case T‑407/18)

(Civil service — Temporary staff — Fixed-term contracts — Decision not to renew — Manifest error of assessment — Duty to have regard for the welfare of staff — Equal treatment — Rule of correspondence between the application and the complaint)

| 1. | Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Recruitment — Renewal of a fixed-term contract — Administration’s discretion — Administration's duty to have regard for the interests of officials — Account taken of the interests of the staff member concerned — Limits  (Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, Art. 8)  (see paras 57-60, 101) |

| 2. | Officials — Members of the temporary staff — Recruitment — Renewal of a fixed-term contract — Administration’s discretion — Limits — Establishment of an indicative ratio between permanent and temporary staff — Manifest error of assessment — None  (Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, Art. 8)  (see paras 67-70, 81, 82) |

| 3. | Actions brought by officials — Prior administrative complaint — Correspondence between the complaint and the application — Pleas not set out in the complaint — Inadmissibility  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91(2))  (see paras 116-120, 123) |

| 4. | Officials — Equal treatment — Definition — Limits  (Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, Art. 8)  (see paras 133, 134, 138) |

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking the annulment of the decision of EUIPO of 6 October 2017 refusing a second renewal of the applicant’s temporary staff contract.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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

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