CELEX: 62016TA0581
Language: en
Date: 2018-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-581/16: Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 –Popotas v Ombudsman (Civil Service — Officials — Call for an expression of interest — Secretary General of the office of the European Ombudsman — Opinion of the Advisory Committee — Failure to take that opinion into consideration — Infringement of the selection procedure — Manifest errors of assessment — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration — Liability)

14.5.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 166/27
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018 –Popotas v Ombudsman
   (Case T-581/16) (1)
   
   ((Civil Service - Officials - Call for an expression of interest - Secretary General of the office of the European Ombudsman - Opinion of the Advisory Committee - Failure to take that opinion into consideration - Infringement of the selection procedure - Manifest errors of assessment - Equal treatment - Principle of sound administration - Liability))
   (2018/C 166/35)
   Language of the case: Greek
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Costas Popotas (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: V. Christianos and S. Paliou, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Ombudsman (represented by: L. Papadias, P. Dyrberg and A. Antoniadis, acting as Agents, and by A. Duron, lawyer)
   
      Re:
   
   Application on the basis of Article 270 TFEU seeking, firstly, the annulment of the decision to appoint Ms G. to the post of Secretary General of the office of the Ombudsman, of the Ombudsman’s decision of 9 November 2015 rejecting the claims brought by the applicant against that decision and of the Ombudsman’s decision not to invite him to an interview and, secondly, compensation for the loss which the applicant has allegedly suffered following those decisions
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Costas Popotas and the European Ombudsman each to bear their own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 191, 30.5.2016 (action initially registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal under Case number F-10/16 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1.9.2016).