Jurisdiction

Within the European Union's judicial institution, it is the Civil Service Tribunal whose special field is disputes involving the European Union civil service, this jurisdiction having previously been exercised by the Court of Justice and then, following its creation in 1989, by the Court of First Instance.

It has jurisdiction to hear and determine at first instance disputes between the European Union and its servants pursuant to Article 270 TFEU, which as a result represents some 120 cases a year for approximately 35 000 members of the staff of the European Union's institutions. These disputes concern not only questions to do with working relations in the strict sense (pay, career progress, recruitment, disciplinary measures etc.), but also the social security system (sickness, old age, invalidity, accidents at work, family allowances etc.).

It also has jurisdiction in disputes between all bodies or agencies and their staff in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred on the Court of Justice of the European Union (for example, disputes between Europol, the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) or the European Investment Bank and their staff).

On the other hand, it may not hear and determine cases between national administrations and their employees.

The decisions given by the Tribunal may, within two months, be subject to an appeal, limited to questions of law, to the General Court.

Procedure

The procedure before the Civil Service Tribunal is governed by the provisions of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in particular those contained in Annex I thereto and by the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure, which entered into force on 1 November 2007.

As a rule, the proceedings include a written phase and an oral phase.

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