Case F-58/07: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 11 December 2008 — Collotte v Commission (Staff cases — Officials — Promotion — 2006 promotion procedure — Ability to work in a third language)
Date: 2008-12-11
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European Commission, action by staff, civil servant, civil service, damages, promotion, use of languages

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.

21.2.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 44/71

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Annuls the decision of the Commission of the European Commu-
nities not to include Mr Collotte's name on the list of officials
promoted to grade A*12 for the 2006 promotion procedure;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the forms of order sought;

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its

own costs and to pay the costs of the applicant;

4. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.

3. Orders the Commission of the European Communities to bear its

own costs and to pay the cost of the applicants;

4. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.

(1) OJ C 199, 25.8.2007, p. 54.

(1) OJ C 199, 25.8.2007, p. 50.

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber)
of 13 November 2008 — Traore v Commission

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

(Case F-66/07) (1)

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

(Case F-90/07) (1)

(Staff cases — Officials — Vacancy notice — Rejection of the
applicant's candidature — Reassignment — Interest of the
service)

(2009/C 44/124)

Language of the case: French

(2009/C 44/123)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Charles Dubus (Kraainem, Belgium) and Jean Leveque
(Wattignies-la-Victoire, France) (represented by: É. Boigelot, initi-
ally, and É. Boigelot and L. Defalque, subsequently, lawyers)

Applicant: Amadou Traore (Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium) (repre-
sented by: E. Boigelot, lawyer)

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

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

Re:

Intervener: Council of
I. Šulce and M. Simm, Agents)

the European Union (represented by:

Re:

Annulment of the decision not to promote the applicants for
failure to demonstrate that they were able to work in a third
language for the 2006 promotion procedure — Claim for
damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Annuls the decision of the Commission of the European Commu-
nities not to include M. Dubus's name in the list of officials to be
promoted to grade C*3 for the 2006 promotion procedure and the
decision of the Commission of the European Communities not to
include the M. Leveque's name in the list of officials to be promoted
to grade B*8 under the procedure for the same year;

Annulment of the Commission decisions rejecting the appli-
cant's candidature for the post of chargé d'affaires ad interim at
the Commission Delegation in Togo and for the post of Head of
the Commission Delegation in Tanzania —
Operations at
Annulment of
the Commission decisions appointing other
candidates to those posts — Claim for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

1. Annuls the decision of the Director of Resources of the EuropeAid
Co-operation Office of the Commission of the European Commu-
nities of 12 December 2006 rejecting Mr Traore's candidature for
the post of Head of Operations at the Commission Delegation in
Tanzania and the decision to appoint Mr S to that post;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the forms of order of sought;

3. Orders Mr Traore to bear half his own costs;