CELEX: C2000/034/53
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Removal from the register of Case T-307/97

C 34/28                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5.2.2000
In support of their claims, the applicants allege:                              Removal from the register of Case T-307/97 (1)
— breach of the Staff Regulations, in particular Articles 9                                      (2000/C 34/53)
    and 24a, and Annex II concerning the composition and
    procedure of the bodies provided for in Article 9 of the
    Staff Regulations;                                                                     (Language of the case: English)
— breach of the rules of procedure for Staff Committee                   By order of 10 November 1999, the President of the Fourth
    elections, adopted by the General Assembly of officials on           Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
    19 January 1999;                                                     Communities has ordered the removal from the register
                                                                         of Case T-307/97, B.G.S. Rowlands and E.H.S. Rowlands v
                                                                         Council of the European Union and Commission of the
— breach of the rules concerning the establishment of a Staff            European Communities.
    Committee, adopted by the Commission on 9 April 1968
    and last amended on 22 October 1997;
                                                                         (1) OJ C 94 of 28.3.1998.
— breach of general principles of law, such as the principle
    that all administrative acts or decisions must be based on
    sound and relevant grounds, not vitiated by errors in fact
    or law;
— conduct ultra vires.                                                          Removal from the register of Case T-308/97 (1)
The applicants maintain that the Commission, principally                                         (2000/C 34/54)
through the Director-General of DG IX, decided, in breach of
the above rules and principles, to implement the procedure for
                                                                                           (Language of the case: English)
renewal of the Brussels Staff Committee, on the view that the
elections of 9, 10 and 11 March 1999, annulled by decision
apparently dated 29 September 1999, could be resumed even                By order of 10 November 1999, the President of the Fourth
though the election results had been annulled. This was done             Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
in the belief that it was unnecessary — quod non — to hold a             Communities has ordered the removal from the register of
General Assembly of officials, not only to establish a new               Case T-308/97, J. Ward, B. Ward and Miss M. Lewis v Council
electoral office but also to fix the date for the new ballot.            of the European Union and Commission of the European
                                                                         Communities.
                                                                         (1) OJ C 94 of 28.3.1998.