Judgment of the European Union Civil service Tribunal (Second Chamber) 18 September 2014

In Case F‑26/12, ACTION 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 Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Second Chamber) composed of M.I. Rofes i Pujol, President, K. Bradley (Rapporteur) and J. Svenningsen, Judges, Registrar: X. Lopez Bancalari, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 17 October 2013,

gives the following

Judgment

Legal context

Facts

Forms of order sought and procedure

Law

The claims directed against the decision of 12 August 2011 and against the decision rejecting the complaint

Application for the adoption of measures of organisation of the procedure

Claim for annulment of the decision based on the rules applicable to requests from ECB staff

Admissibility of the plea of illegality

Substance of the plea of illegality

– Arguments of the parties

– Findings of the Tribunal

Claim for damages

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Tribunal

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.