CELEX: C2003/251/38
Language: en
Date: 2003-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Case T-294/03: Action brought on 25 August 2003 by Jean-Louis Gibault against the Commission of the European Communities

18.10.2003            EN                          Official Journal of the European Union                                        C 251/21
Action brought on 25 August 2003 by Jean-Louis Gibault                         decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant
  against the Commission of the European Communities                           from the list of successful candidates;
                        (Case T-294/03)
                                                                         —     order the defendant bear the applicant's costs.
                        (2003/C 251/38)
                                                                         Pleas in law and main arguments
                  (Language of the case: English)
                                                                         In support of his application the applicant invokes an alleged
An action against the Commission of the European
                                                                         violation by the Appointing Authority of the duty to give
Communities was brought before the Court of First Instance
                                                                         reasons, as well as of the principle of equal treatment and
of the European Communities on 25 August 2003 by
                                                                         more specifically the principle of non-discrimination on the
Jean-Louis Gibault, Wattrelos, (France), represented by
F. Tuytschaever, lawyer.                                                 basis of nationality (Article 27 of the Staff Regulations). In the
                                                                         context of this latter plea the applicant claims that there are
                                                                         excessive nationality imbalances between German nationals
The applicant claims that the Court should:                              and nationals of other Member States in the total number of
                                                                         successful candidates. According to the applicant, these imbal-
                                                                         ances could only have resulted from the fact that the nature
                                                                         and the institutional settings of the examination were such as
—    Annul the open competition COM/A/6/01 in the field of               to favour German nationals and to put nationals of other
     external relations or, in a subsidiary way, annul the               member States at a disadvantage.