Judgment of the General Court of 12 March 2020 — XB v ECB

(Case T-484/18) (1)

(Civil service - ECB staff - Remuneration - Household allowance - Dependent child allowance - Education and pre-school allowances - Eligibility - Rejection of applications for those allowances - Conditions of Short-Term Employment - Conditions and rules applicable to short-term employment contracts)

(2020/C 175/17)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: XB (represented by: L. Levi and A. Champetier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Central Bank (ECB) (represented by: D. Camilleri Podestà and F. von Lindeiner, acting as Agents, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU and Article 50a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union seeking, first, annulment of the ECB’s decisions of 6 November and 4 December 2017 refusing to grant certain allowances and, as required, of the ECB’s decisions of 2 February 2018 rejecting the request for administrative review and of 5 June 2018 rejecting the request for a grievance procedure and, secondly, an order that the ECB pay the sum corresponding to those allowances.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders XB to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 373, 15.10.2018.