CELEX: C2006/010/51
Language: en
Date: 2006-01-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-388/05: Action brought on  20 October 2005  — Grünheid v Commission

14.1.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 10/26
            
         Action brought on 20 October 2005 — Grünheid v Commission
   (Case T-388/05)
   (2006/C 10/51)
   Language of the case: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Sabine Grünheid (Overijse, Belgium) (represented by: E. Boigelot, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Commission of the European Communities
   Form of order sought
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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               annul the decision of 6 October 2004, notified on 18 November 2004, inasmuch as it makes mention of the applicant's classification at grade A*8, and annul all consecutive and/or related measures;
            
         
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               annul the corrected decision of 6 July 2005, notified on 12 July 2005, rejecting the applicant's complaint, which was registered on 18 February 2005 under reference R/162/05;
            
         
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               order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   By this action, the applicant, recruited as an official by the Commission in 2003, disputes her definitive classification at former grade A7, now grade A*8. She takes the view that, in the light of her professional experience acquired before her recruitment, allegedly of more than 12 years, she should have been classified at grade A6, now grade A*10.
   In support of her action, the applicant alleges breach of Article 31(2) of the Staff Regulations, in the version in force before 1 May 2004, of the decisions of the Commission concerning the criteria applicable to appointment to a grade, of the administrative guide relating to the classification of new officials, and a manifest error of assessment. In addition, she alleges breach of the principle of equal treatment, since in the past the Commission has classified at the higher grade officials having qualities inferior or equal to those of the applicant. Finally, the applicant alleges breach of the principle of legitimate expectations and the duty to have regard to the welfare of officials.