Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 November 2001 in Case T-194/99: Cristiano Sebastiani v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Promotion — Staff report — Absence — Consideration of comparative merits)
Date: 2002-02-16
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Commission, European official, action for annulment (EU), equal treatment, power to appoint, promotion

C 44/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.2.2002

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 15 November 2001

of 15 November 2001

in Case T-194/99: Cristiano Sebastiani v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

in Case T-128/99: Signal Communications Ltd v Office for
Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Officials — Promotion — Staff report — Absence —
Consideration of comparative merits)

(Community trade mark — Word mark TELEYE — Appli-
cation accompanied by a claim of priority on the basis of
the earlier mark TELEEYE — Request for correction —
Substantial alteration of the mark)

(2002/C 44/20)

(Language of the case: English)

(OHIM)

In Case T-128/99: Signal Communications Ltd, established in
Hong Kong (China), represented by J. Grayston and A. Bywater,
Lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks
and Designs)
(Agents: F. Lo´ pez de Rego and
G. Humphreys) — action brought against the decision of
24 March 1999 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for
(Trade Marks and
Harmonisation in the Internal Market
Designs) (Case R 219/1998-1), notified to the applicant on
25 March 1999 — the Court of First
Instance (Fourth
Chamber), composed of P. Mengozzi, President, R.M. Moura
Ramos and V. Tiili, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for
the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 November 2001, in
which it:

1. Annuls the decision of 24 March 1999 of the First Board of
Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (Case R 219/1998-1);

2. Orders the Office to bear its own costs and to pay those of the

applicant.

(1) OJ C 226 of 7.8.1999.

(2002/C 44/21)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-194/99: Cristiano Sebastiani, residing in Brussels,
represented by J.-N. Louis, G.-F. Parmentier and V. Peere,
lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: C. Berar-
dis-Kayser and D. Waelbroeck) — application for annulment
of
to promote the
applicant to Grade A 6 in the 1998 promotions procedure —
the Court of First Instance (Single Judge); J. Palacio Gonza´lez,
Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 Nov-
ember 2001, in which it:

the Commission not

the decision of

1.

2.

annuls the decision of the Commission not to promote the
applicant to Grade A 6 in the 1998 promotions procedure;

orders the Commission to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 314 of 30.10.1999.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 15 November 2001

in Case T-142/00: Michel Van Huffel v Commission of the
European Communities (1)

(Officials — Access to internal competitions — Contracts
with undertakings — Competition notice — Condition for
admission requiring membership of the staff covered by the
Staff Regulations)

(2002/C 44/22)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-142/00: Michel Van Huffel, member of the tempor-
ary staff of the Commission of the European Communities,
represented by
residing in Chaumont-Gistoux (Belgium),