(Case T-573/19 Action brought on 16August 2019— DS and Others v Commission and EEAS

Action brought on 16August 2019— DS and Others v Commission and EEAS

(Case T-573/19)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicants: DS and 718 other applicants (represented by: S.Orlandi and T.Martin, lawyers)

Defendants: European Commission and European External Action Service

Form of order sought

The applicants claim that the Court should:

annul the decisions fixing the applicants’ number of days of paid annual leave for 2019;

in any event, order the Commission and the EEAS to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicants put forward a single plea in law, based on an objection of illegality directed against Article6 of AnnexX to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union on the same grounds as those adopted by the Court in the judgment of 4December 2018, Carreras Sequeros and Others v Commission, (T-518/16, EU:T:2018:873). According to the applicants, the defendant institutions refused to apply that judgment even though its effects are not suspended, which is akin to an unlawful suspension of operation of a judgment of the Court.

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