Case F-25/05: Judgement of the Civil Service Tribunal of  15 June 2006  (Second Chamber) — Mc Sweeny and Armstrong v Commission (Open competition — Competition notice — Guide for candidates — Non-admission to the tests — Diplomas required — Power of the Appointing Authority)
Date: 2006-07-29
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), competition (EU), professional qualifications, secretarial staff

29.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 178/41

EUROPEAN UNION CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL

Judgement of the Civil Service Tribunal of 15 June 2006
(Second Chamber) — Mc Sweeny and Armstrong v
Commission

Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 14
June 2006 — Lebedef and Others v Commission

(Case F-25/05) (1)

(Case F-34/05) (1)

(Open competition — Competition notice — Guide for candi-
dates — Non-admission to the tests — Diplomas required —
Power of the Appointing Authority)

(Work environment — Language of computer tools made
available to Commission staff — Inadmissibility — Legal
interest in bringing proceedings — Act adversely affecting an
official — Internal organisation measures)

(2006/C 178/76)

Language of the case: French

(2006/C 178/77)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicants: Dypna Mc Sweeny (Brussels, Belgium) and Pauline
Armstrong (Overijse, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, X.
Martin, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: H. Tserepa-Lacombe and K. Hermann, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the decisions of the selection board of 6 and 7
September 2004 not to admit the applicants to the EPSO/C/11/
03 competition tests (OJ 2003 C 267 A, p. 1.), organised for
the purposes of drawing up a reserve list of English-language
secretaries (C 5/ C4).

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Lebedef

Luxembourg),
Applicants: Giorgio
Jean-Marie Rousseau
Armand Imbert
and Maria Rosario Domenech Cobo
(Brussels, Belgium)
(Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: G. Bounéou and F. Frabetti,
lawyers)

(Brussels, Belgium),

(Luxembourg,

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: V. Joris and P. Costa de Oliveira, Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the decision of the Commission of the European
Communities rejecting the applicants' request to have computer
tools made available to them in their mother tongue or in
another official language of the European Union of their choice
and not only in English.

1. Annuls the decisions of the selection board of 6 and 7 September
2004 not to admit the applicants to the tests for Competition
EPSO/C/11/03.

Operative part of the order

1. The action is dismissed as manifestly inadmissible.

2. Orders the Commission to pay the costs.

2. Each of the parties shall bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 182, of 23.7.2005 (case initially registered before the Court of
First Instance of the European Communities under number T-184/
05 and transferred to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal by
order of 15.12.2005).

(1) OJ C 193 of 6.8.2005 (Case initially registered before the Court of
First Instance of the European Communities under number T-204/
05 and transferred to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal by
order of 15.12.2005).