4.2.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 44/24
Judgment of the General Court of 4 December 2018 — Schneider v EUIPO
(Case T-560/16) (1)
((Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Internal reorganisation of EUIPO’s services - Redeployment - Legal basis - Article 7 of the Staff Regulations - Interests of the service - Significant change in tasks - Equivalence of posts - Covert penalty - Misuse of powers - Right to be heard - Obligation to state reasons))
(2019/C 44/29)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Gregor Schneider (Alicante, Spain) (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the Executive Director of EUIPO of 2 October 2014 to redeploy the applicant from the International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department to the Operations Department of EUIPO.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Mr Gregor Schneider to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
(1) C 328, 5.10.2015 (case initially registered before the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union under case number F-116/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).
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