Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:390
Date: 2016-07-05
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Court formation: Appeals Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases;Action for damages;Appeal - successful

Summary — Judgment of the General Court (Appeal Chamber), 5 July 2016 Officials — Recruitment — Procedure for filling a director post –– Pre-selection panel — Principle of impartiality — Composition — Member of the panel also a member of the appointing body — Lawfulness (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 726/2004, Arts 64 to 66) In a procedure for filling a post as director of an EU agency, the fact that a member of the pre-selection committee is also a member of the management board of the agency cannot, per se, cast doubt on his impartiality as a member of the pre-selection panel. The mere fact of sitting on the pre-selection panel and on the management board cannot be used as a basis for a presumption of bias on the part of the members of the pre-selection panel in relation to the procedure before the panel. (see para. 52)