Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 
10 March 2009 — Tsirimiagos v Committee of the Regions  
(Case F-100/07)  ( 1 ) 
(Staff case — Officials — Remuneration — Transfer of part 
of the emoluments outside the country of employment — 
Article 17(2)(b) of Annex VII to the old Staff Regulations 
— Building savings account — Recovery of amounts 
wrongly paid — Conditions — Irregularity of the transfers 
— Obvious nature of the irregularity)  
(2009/C 102/55)  
Language of the case: French  
Parties  
Applicant:  Kyriakos Tsirimiagos (Kraainem, Belgium) (represented 
by: M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)  
Defendant:  Committee of the Regions of the European Union 
(represented by: P. Cervilla, Agent, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)  
Re: 
Annulment of the decision of 21 November 2006 to recover 
the amounts paid to the applicant in respect of the correction 
coefficient on part of his emoluments transferred to France 
from April 2004 to May 2005 because of the alleged failure 
to comply with the conditions required for that transfer — 
Application for damages  
Operative part of the judgment  
The Tribunal:  
1. Annuls the decision of the Committee of the Regions of the 
European Union of 21 November 2006, as amended by the 
Decision of 21 June 2007, in so far as it orders the recovery 
of sums resulting from the application of the correction coefficient 
to the transfers made by Mr Tsirimiagos to his building savings 
account from April 2004 to May 2005, amounting to 15 300 
euros;  2. Orders the Committee of the Regions of the European Union to 
reimburse Mr Tsirimiagos the sums, together with default interest, 
withheld from his remuneration, corresponding to the application 
of the correction coefficient to the transfers made to his building 
savings account from April 2004 to May 2005, amounting to 
EU 15 300; that interest is to run from the date of the recovery 
until the date of the actual payment, at the rate fixed by the 
European Central Bank for its main refinancing operations and 
applicable during the period concerned, increased by 2 points;  
3. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;  
4. Orders the Committee of the Regions of the European Union to 
pay, in addition to its own costs, half of the applicant’s costs;  
5. Orders the applicant to bear half of his own costs.  
( 1 ) OJ C 269, 10.11.2007, p. 73.  
Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 
10 March 2009 — Giaprakis v Committee of the Regions  
(Case F-106/07)  ( 1 ) 
(Staff case — Officials — Remuneration — Transfer of part 
of the emoluments outside the country of employment — 
Article 17(2)(b) of Annex VII to the old Staff Regulations 
— Building savings account — Recovery of amounts 
wrongly paid — Conditions — Irregularity of the transfers 
— Obvious nature of the irregularity)  
(2009/C 102/56)  
Language of the case: French  
Parties  
Applicant:  Stavros Giaprakis (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: 
M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)  
Defendant:  Committee of the Regions of the European Union 
(represented by: P. Cervilla, agent, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)EN C 102/38 Official Journal of the European Union 1.5.2009
Re: 
Annulment of the decision of 21 November 2006 to recover 
the amounts paid to the applicant in respect of the correction 
coefficient on part of his emoluments transferred to France 
from April 2004 to June 2005 because of the alleged failure 
to comply with the conditions required for that transfer — 
Application for damages  
Operative part of the judgment  
The Tribunal:  
1. Annuls the decision of the Committee of the Regions of the 
European Union of 21 November 2006 ordering the recovery 
of sums resulting from the application of the correction coefficient 
to part of the emoluments of Mr Giaprakis transferred to France 
from April 2004 to June 2005, amounting to EUR 1 246,06;  
2. Orders the Committee of the Regions of the European Union to 
reimburse Mr Giaprakis EUR 1 246,06, together with default 
interest from the date of the recovery until the date of the 
actual payment, at the rate fixed by the European Central Bank 
for its main refinancing operations and applicable during the 
period concerned, increased by 2 points;  
3. Dismisses the action as to the remainder;  
4. Orders the Committee of the Regions of the European Union to 
pay all the costs.  
( 1 ) OJ C 297, 8.12.2007, p. 49.  
Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) 
of 12 March 2009 — Hambura v Parliament  
(Case F-4/08)  ( 1 ) 
(Staff case — Temporary staff — Recruitment — Selection 
procedure — Non-admission — Recruitment notice PE/95/S 
— Failure to use the application form in the Official Journal 
of the European Union — Admissibility — Prior administra -
tive procedure)  
(2009/C 102/57)  
Language of the case: German  
Parties  
Applicant:  Johannes Hambura (Soultzbach, France) (represented 
by: S. Hambura, lawyer)  Defendant:  European Parliament (represented by: S. Seyr and K. 
Zejdová, Agents)  
Re: 
Application for annulment of the decision of the Personnel 
Directorate of 5 December 2007 not to accept the applicant’s 
application, annulment of competition PE/95/S, sector: doctor, 
and to recommence the competition process allowing the use of 
a downloaded application form.  
Operative part of the judgment  
The Tribunal:  
1. Dismisses the action;  
2. Orders Mr Hambura to pay all the costs.  
( 1 ) OJ C 92, 12.4.2008, p. 50.  
Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 
11 February 2009 — Schönberger v Parliament  
(Case F-7/08)  ( 1 ) 
(Staff case — Officials — Promotion — Consideration of 
comparative merits — Award of merit points — Principle 
of equal treatment)  
(2009/C 102/58)  
Language of the case: German  
Parties  
Applicant:  Peter Schönberger (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (rep -
resented by: O. Mader, lawyer)  
Defendant:  European Parliament (represented by: S. Seyr and A. 
Zejdová, Agents)  
Re: 
Annulment of the Parliament’s decision of 15 January 2007 to 
award the applicant a lower number of priority points than he 
wished.EN 1.5.2009 Official Journal of the European Union C 102/39