7.8.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 256/22
Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2017 — Clarke and Others v EUIPO
(Case T-89/16 P) (1)
((Appeal - Civil service - Temporary staff - Fixed-term contract with a termination clause terminating the contract in the event that the name of the agent is not included on the reserve list of the next open competition - Implementation of the termination clause - Reclassification of a fixed-term contract as a contract of indefinite duration - Duty of care - Legitimate expectation))
(2017/C 256/24)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Appellants: Nicole Clarke (Alicante, Spain), Sigrid Dickmanns, (Gran Alacant, Spain) and Elisavet Papathanasiou (Alicante) (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)
Other party to the proceedings: European Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)
Re:
Appeal brought against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 15 December 2015, Clarke and Others v OHIM (F-101/14 to F-103/14, EU:F:2015:151) and asking that that judgment be set aside.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1)
Dismisses the appeal;
2)
Orders Nicole Clarke, Sigrid Dickmanns and Elisavet Papathanasiou to bear their own costs and pay those incurred by the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the present appeal.
(1) OJ C 145, 25.4.2016.