Case F-53/07: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 25 November 2008 — Iordanova v Commission (Staff cases — Recruitment — Open competition — Conditions for admission — Rejection of candidature — Diplomas)
Date: 2008-11-25
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action for annulment (EU), admission to examinations, job application, recruitment, servant (EU)

C 44/70

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.2.2009

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber)
of 25 November 2008 — Hristova v Commission

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, acting as Agents)

(Case F-50/07) (1)

(Staff cases — Recruitment — Open competition — Condi-
tions for admission — Rejection of candidature — Statement
of reasons — Diplomas)

(2009/C 44/120)

Language of the case: English

Re:

Annulment of the decision of the selection board in competi-
tion EPSO/AST/14/06 refusing to admit the applicant to the
tests in that competition on the ground that her post-secondary
education was not in a field relevant to a secretarial post and
she did not have three years' professional experience in that
field — Claim for damages.

Parties

Applicant: Valentina Hristova (Pavlikeni, Bulgaria)
by: G. Kerelov, lawyer)

(represented

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
sented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, acting as Agents)

1. Dismisses the action;

Re:

Annulment of the decision of the selection board in competi-
tion EPSO/AST/14/06 refusing to admit the applicant to the
tests in that competition on the ground that she did not have
three years' professional experience in secretarial work after
having obtained her diploma — Claim for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Annuls the decision of the selection board in open competition
EPSO/AST/14/06 refusing to admit Ms Hristova to the tests in
that competition;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay all

the costs.

(1) OJ C 79 of 29.3.2008, p. 36.

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber)
of 25 November 2008 — Iordanova v Commission

(Case F-53/07) (1)

(Staff cases — Recruitment — Open competition — Condi-
tions for admission — Rejection of candidature — Diplomas)

(2009/C 44/121)

Language of the case: English

2. Orders each party to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 107 of 26.4.2008, p. 44.

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of
11 December 2008 — Collotte v Commission

(Case F-58/07) (1)

(Staff cases — Officials — Promotion — 2006 promotion
procedure — Ability to work in a third language)

(2009/C 44/122)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Pascal Collotte (Abstraat, Belgium)
É. Boigelot,
quently, lawyers)

(represented by:
initially, and É. Boigelot and L. Defalque, subse-

Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (repre-
initially, and
sented by: C. Berardis-Kayser and G. Berscheid,
C. Berardis-Kayser and L. Lozano Palacios, subsequently, Agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European
Union (represented by: I. Šulce and M. Simm, Agents)

Re:

Parties

Applicant: Ivanka Iordanova (Varna, Bulgaria) (represented by: G.
Kerelov, lawyer)

Annulment of the decision not to promote the applicant to
grade A*12 in the 2006 promotion procedure for failure to
demonstrate the ability to work in a third language — Claim for
damages.