CELEX: C2000/285/34
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-201/00: Action brought on 31 July 2000 by Agnès Ajour and 115 others against the Commission of the European Communities

7.10.2000               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       C 285/19
Action brought on 31 July 2000 by Agnès Ajour and                          The applicant claims that the Court should:
115 others against the Commission of the European
                           Communities                                     —     annul the express decision of the Commission of the
                                                                                 European Communities of 19 July 2000 refusing to apply
                          (Case T-201/00)                                        Article 3 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations in relation
                                                                                 to him;
                          (2000/C 285/34)                                  —     rule that the applicant is to be re-assigned to a third
                                                                                 country by no later than 1 September 2000, in accord-
                                                                                 ance with Article 3 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations;
                    (Language of the case: French)
                                                                           —     order the Commission of the European Communities to
An action against the Commission of the European Communi-                        pay all the costs of the proceedings.
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 31 July 2000 by Agnès Ajour and
115 others, represented by Jean-Noël Louis and Véronique                   Pleas in law and main arguments
Peere, of the Brussels Bar.
                                                                           The applicant, who is assigned to the Office for Official
The applicants claim that the Court should:                                Publications of the European Communities, is contesting the
                                                                           decision rejecting the request submitted by him on 6 June
—     annul the decisions of the Commission concerning the                 2000, by which he applied to be assigned to a third country
      drawing-up of the applicants’ pay slips for the months               pursuant to Article 3 of Annex X to the Staff Regulations of
      from September to December 1999;                                     officials. That request was rejected on the ground that the
                                                                           applicant did not fall within the category of staff covered by
—     order the defendant to pay the costs.                                the provision in question.
                                                                           In support of his application, he maintains that the decision in
Pleas in law and main arguments
                                                                           issue:
The applicants, who are seconded to the Office for Veterinary              —     infringes Articles 2 and 3 of Annex X to the Staff
and Plant-Health Inspection and Control in Dublin, are con-                      Regulations;
testing their pay slips for the months from September to
December 1999, maintaining that these were drawn up on the                 —     infringes Article 2 of the Staff Regulations, as well as the
basis of the weighting for Ireland, which has been fixed                         principle of the hierarchy of appointing authorities and
without taking account of the cost of living in Dublin. They                     the principle of the hierarchy of norms;
claim that, by applying that illegal weighting for the purposes
of calculating their remuneration, the Commission has                      —     infringes the principle of the protection of legitimate
infringed Articles 64 and 65a of the Staff Regulations of                        expectations;
officials, as well as the principles of equal treatment, reasonable
career prospects and freedom of movement for workers.                      —     is vitiated by misuse of powers and abuse of process; and
                                                                           —     infringes Article 25 of the Staff Regulations.
Action brought on 1 August 2000 by Mario Costacurta
  against the Commission of the European Communities
                                                                           Action brought on 3 August 2000 by RENCO S.A. against
                          (Case T-202/00)                                                 the Council of the European Union
                          (2000/C 285/35)                                                           (Case T-205/00)
                    (Language of the case: French)                                                  (2000/C 285/36)
An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
                                                                                               (Language of the case: French)
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities on 1 August 2000 by Mario Costacur-
ta, residing in Luxembourg, represented by Marc Petit, of the              An action against the Council of the European Union was
Luxembourg Bar.                                                            brought before the Court of First Instance of the European