Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 20 June 2001 in Case T-243/99 Marie-Laurence Buisson v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Open competition — Refusal to admit to the written tests — Admissibility — Act adversely affecting a candidate — Time-limit — Legitimate expectation — Compensation)
Date: 2001-09-15
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition (EU)

C 259/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.9.2001

V. Peere, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg,
against Council of the European Union (Agents: F. Anton and
M. Bauer) — application for annulment of the decisions of the
Secretary General of the Council of 15 December 1998
rejecting the applicant’s applications for the posts of Head of
the English Language Division of Language Service of the
‘Translation and Production of Documents’ Directorate of the
‘Administration — Protocol’ Directorate-General and Language
Adviser in that division and appointing B and K to those two
posts respectively — the Court of First
Instance (Fourth
Chamber), composed of P. Mengozzi, President, R.M. Moura
Ramos and J.D. Cooke, Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, gave a
judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it:

1.

2.

3.

4.

annulled the decisions of the Council of 15 December 1998
appointing K to the post of language adviser in the English
Language Division and rejecting the applicant’s application for
that post.

dismissed the application as inadmissible.

ordered the Council to bear its own costs and to pay 50 % of
those incurred by the applicant.

ordered the applicant to bear 50 % of his own costs.

(1) OJ No C 6 of 8.1.00.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 20 June 2001

in Case T-243/99 Marie-Laurence Buisson v Commission
of the European Communities (1)

(Officials — Open competition — Refusal to admit to the
written tests — Admissibility — Act adversely affecting
a candidate — Time-limit — Legitimate expectation —
Compensation)

(2001/C 259/11)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-243/99 Marie-Laurence Buisson, residing in Ankara
(Turkey), represented by I. Forrester QC, E. Wright, Barrister,
and F.M. Murray, Barrister, with an address for service in
Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communi-
ties (Agent: J. Currall) — application for annulment of the
decision of 13 July 1999 rejecting the applicant’s request for
reconsideration of the decision of the selection board not to
admit her to the written tests forming part of the selection
procedure in Open Competition COM/A/10/98, and for
compensation for the non-material damage incurred in that

regard — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber),
composed of A.W.H. Meij, President, A. Potocki and J. Pirrung,
Judges; H. Jung, Registrar, has given a judgment on 20 June
2001, in which it:

1. Dismisses as inadmissible the claim for an order requiring the
Commission to adopt certain measures and the claim for other
or further relief;

2. Orders the Commission to pay to the applicant the sum of EUR

1 in compensation for the non-material damage;

3. Dismisses the remainder of the application;

4. Orders the Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs,

half of the applicant’s costs.

(1) OJ C 6 of 8.1.00.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 7 June 2001

in Case T-330/99 Spedition Wilhelm Rotermund GmbH v
Commission of the European Communities (1)

(Community Customs Code — Remission of import duties
— Special situation — Fraud in connection with an external
Community transit operation)

(2001/C 259/12)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-330/99, Spedition Wilhelm Rotermund GmbH, a
liquidation, established in Flensburg
company in judicial
lawyer, against Com-
(Germany), represented by A. Suhr,
mission of the European Communities (Agents: J.-C. Schieferer
and M. Nu´ n˜ ez-Müller) — application for annulment of the
Commission decision of 22 July 1999 (reference: REM 22/98)
which stated that the remission of import duties sought was
not justified — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber),
composed of A.W.H. Meij, President, A. Potocki and J. Pirrung,
Judges; J. Palacio Gonza´lez, Administrator, for the Registrar,
has given a judgment on 7 June 2001, in which it:

1. Annuls the Commission decision of 22 July 1999 (reference:
REM 22/98) which found that the remission of import duties
sought was not justified;

2. Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay nine
tenths of the costs incurred by the applicant, which shall bear
one tenth of its own costs.

(1) OJ C 63 of 4.3.00.