14.8.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 269/15


Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2017 — Ruiz Molina v EUIPO

(Case T-233/16) (1)

((Appeal - Civil Service - Members of the temporary staff - Fixed-term contract with a termination clause ending the contract if the staff member’s name is not included on the reserve list of the next open competition - Termination of the contract by application of the termination clause - Reclassification of a fixed-term contract as a contract of unlimited duration - Res judicata - Clause 5(1) of the Framework Agreement on fixed- term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP - Obligation to state reasons))

(2017/C 269/20)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellant: José Luis Ruiz Molina (San Juan de Alicante, Spain) (represented by: N. Lhoëst and S. Michiels, lawyers)

Other party to the proceedings: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2016, Ruiz Molina v OHMI (F 60/15, EU:F:2016:28) seeking to have that judgment set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders Mr José Luis Ruiz Molina to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the appeal.


(1)  OJ C 243, 4.7.2016.