Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 June 2002 in Case T-9/01: Michael Becker v Court of Auditors of the European Communities (Officials — Leave on personal grounds — Invalidity pension)
Date: 2002-09-14
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, European official, action for annulment (EU), early retirement, regulations for civil servants, unpaid leave

14.9.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 219/17

an address for service in Luxembourg, v Commission of the
European Communities (Agents: K. Banks and M. Wolfcarius),
supported by Council of the European Union (Agent: A. Lopes
Sabino): Application for annulment of
the Commission’s
decision, contained in a letter of 5 September 2000, refusing
to grant the applicant financial support under the MEDIA II
programme and for damages to compensate for the harm
suffered as a result of that refusal, the Court of First Instance
(Fifth Chamber), composed of: J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-
Valdecasas and P. Lindh, Judges; B. Pastor, Principal Adminis-
trator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 9 July 2002,
in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs incurred by the defendant

in addition to its own;

1.

2.

3.

dismisses the application as inadmissible in so far as it asks the
Court to order the defendant to classify the applicant at a higher
grade.

dismisses the remainder of the application as unfounded.

orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ No C 95 of 24.3.01.

3. Orders the intervener to bear its own costs.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

( 1) OJ C 372 of 23.12.2000

of 12 June 2002

in Case T-9/01: Michael Becker v Court of Auditors of the
European Communities (1)

(Officials — Leave on personal grounds — Invalidity
pension)

(2002/C 219/44)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-9/01: Michael Becker, an official on leave on
personal grounds from the Court of Auditors of the European
represented by
residing in Luxembourg,
Communities,
R. Nathan, lawyer, against Court of Auditors of the European
Communities (Agents: J.-M. Stenier, P. Giusta and B. Schäfers)
— application for annulment of the decision of the Court of
Auditors of 13 November 2000 rejecting a request to be
retired on grounds of invalidity — the Court of First Instance
(Fourth Chamber), composed of M. Vilaras, President, V. Tiili
and P. Mengozzi, Judges; D. Christensen, for the Registrar,
gave a judgment on 12 June 2002, in which it:

1. Dismisses the application.

2. Orders the parties to bear their own costs.

(1) OJ C 95 of 24.3.2001.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 11 July 2002

in Case T-381/00: Franz-Martin Wasmeier v Commission
of the European Communities (1)

(Officials — Appointment — Classification in grade —
Article 31(2) of the Staff Regulations)

(2002/C 219/43)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-381/00: Franz-Martin Wasmeier, an official at
the Commission of the European Communities, residing in
Brussels, represented by G. Maier, lawyer, against Commission
of the European Communities (Agents: C. Berardis-Kayser et
M. B. Wägenbaur) — application for annulment of
the
Commission’s decision of 24 September 2000 concerning the
applicant’s definitive classification in Grade A 7, step 3, and of
the Commission’s decision of 24 September 1999 rejecting
the applicant’s complaint — the Court of First Instance (Fifth
Chamber), composed of J.D. Cooke, President, R. García-
Valdecasas and P. Lindh , Judges; D. Christensen, for the
Registrar, gave a judgment on 11 July 2002, in which it: