CELEX: C2001/259/06
Language: en
Date: 2001-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 3 July 2001 in Joined Cases T-24/98 and T-241/98: E v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Temporary agent — Disciplinary action — Suspension — Disciplinary measure — Termination without notice of the contract — Period prescribed by the third paragraph of Article 7 of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations — Disregarded — Consequences — Action for annulment and damages — No need to adjudicate)

C 259/6                  EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                            15.9.2001
5.    Orders the Commission to pay the costs.                                    —     the remainder of the application is dismissed;
6.    Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern                    —     the parties shall bear their own costs, including those
      Ireland, the French Republic and the Federal Republic of                         relating to the interlocutory proceedings.
      Germany to bear their own costs.
                                                                           3.    In Case T-241/99:
(1) OJ C 318 of 18.10.97, C 378 of 20.12.97, C 94 of 28.3.98 and
    C 246 of 28.8.99.                                                            —     the Commission is ordered to pay to the applicant
                                                                                       EUR 1 000 by way of compensation for non-material
                                                                                       damage;
                                                                                 —     the remainder of the application is dismissed;
                                                                                 —     the Commission shall, in addition to bearing its own
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                            costs, pay one-quarter of the applicant’s costs.
                            of 3 July 2001
                                                                           (1) OJ C 94 of 28.3.98 and C 6 of 8.1.98.
in Joined Cases T-24/98 and T-241/99: E v Commission of
                  the European Communities (1)
(Officials — Temporary agent — Disciplinary action —
Suspension — Disciplinary measure — Termination without
notice of the contract — Period prescribed by the third
paragraph of Article 7 of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations                    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
— Disregarded — Consequences — Action for annulment
             and damages — No need to adjudicate)                                                     of 16 May 2001
                           (2001/C 259/06)                                 in Case T-68/99 Toditec NV v Commission of the Euro-
                                                                                                  pean Communities (1)
                     (Language of the case: French)
                                                                           (Arbitration clause — Non-performance of contract —
                                                                                                       Counterclaim)
In Joined Cases T-24/98 and T-241/98: E, temporary member
of staff of the Commission of the European Communities,
residing in T.I. (Italy), represented by J.-N. Louis, G.-F. Parmen-                                  (2001/C 259/07)
tier and V. Peere, lawyers, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communi-
ties (Agents: G. Valsesia and J. Currall) — application, in                                    (Language of the case: English)
Case T-24/98, first, for annulment of the decision of the
Commission of 12 November 1997 to continue to keep the
applicant on suspension from duties and, secondly, seeking an              In Case T-68/99 Toditec NV, established in Antwerp (Belgium),
order requiring the Community to make good the damage                      represented by E. Ballon and H. Dubois, avocats, with an
allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that decision           address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the
and, in Case T-241/99, an application, first, for annulment of             European Communities (Agents: E. de March, M. Shotter and
the decision of the Commission of 22 December 1998                         J. Stuyck) — application pursuant to an arbitration clause
imposing on the applicant the disciplinary measure of termin-              within the meaning of Article 181 of the EC Treaty (now
ation without notice of the temporary-agent contract and,                  Article 238 EC) for the Commission to be required to pay the
secondly, seeking an order requiring the Community to make                 sum of ECU 74 967, plus interest at the rate of 7 % (the legal
good the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result            rate applicable in Belgium) as from 5 June 1998, and
of that decision and of the disciplinary procedure — the Court             counterclaim by the Commission for the applicant to be
of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of A.W.H. Meij,               required to pay it the sum of EUR 54 486, plus interest at the
President, A. Potocki and J. Pirrung, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar,          rate of 7 % as from 31 January 1999 — the Court of First
gave a judgment on 13 July 2001, the operative part of which               Instance, composed of (Single Judge: M. Vilaras); J. Palacio
is as follows:                                                             González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judg-
                                                                           ment on 16 May 2001, in which it:
1.    Cases T-24/98 and T-241/99 are joined for the purposes of
      the judgment.                                                        1.    Allows the applicant’s claim in so far as it seeks reimbursement
                                                                                 of expenditure on consumables amounting to EUR 4 642.
2.    In Case T-24/98:
                                                                           2.    Dismisses the remainder of the application.
      —     there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the claims for
            annulment;                                                     3.    Allows the Commission’s counterclaim.