Judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) 26 June 2013

In Case F‑78/11, ACTION brought under Article 36.2 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the TEU and the TFEU,

THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber) composed of S. Van Raepenbusch, President, R. Barents (Rapporteur) and K. Bradley, Judges, Registrar: X. Lopez Bancalari, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 26 September 2012,

gives the following

Judgment

Legal context

Factual background to the dispute

Forms of order sought by the parties and procedure

Law

The purpose of the dispute

Admissibility

The failure to bring a special appeal

– Arguments of the parties

– Findings of the Tribunal

The lack of a legal interest in bringing proceedings

– Arguments of the parties

– Findings of the Tribunal

The claims for annulment

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Tribunal

The application for damages

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Tribunal

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.