Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 7 June 2023 –  
KD v EUIPO

(Case T‑650/20) (
[1](#t-ECR_62020TJ0650_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Members of Staff of EUIPO – Contract for a fixed period – Non-renewal – Competent authority – Principle of sound administration – Right to be heard – Liability – Non-material damage)

| 1. | EU institutions – Exercise of powers – Delegation – Authority or sub-delegation conferred on a person carrying on a specific function within the institutions – Change in the person carrying on that function – Irrelevant to the validity of the authority or subdelegation  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 2(1); Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Art. 6; European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 153(2))  (see paragraphs 34, 35, 39, 40) |

| 2. | Officials – Members of the temporary staff – Recruitment – Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract – Concept of decision adversely affecting an official concerning non-renewal of a contract – Decision adopted without first giving the interested party the opportunity to comment – Infringement of the right to be heard – Consequences  (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2))  (see paragraphs 56-60, 64-69) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 1 April 2020 not to renew the contract of KD; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders EUIPO, in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay three quarters of the costs incurred by KD; |

| 4. | Orders KD to bear a quarter of her own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62020TJ0650_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 19, 18.1.2021](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2021:019:TOC).

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