CELEX: C2005/171/46
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T- 164/05: Action brought on on 13 April 2005 by Johan de Geest against Council of the European Union

9.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/28
            
         Action brought on on 13 April 2005 by Johan de Geest against Council of the European Union
   (Case T- 164/05)
   (2005/C 171/46)
   Language of the case: French
   An action against the Council of the European Union was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 13 April 2005 by Johan de Geest, residing in Rhode-St-Genèse (Belgium), represented by Sébastien Orlandi, Xavier Martin, Albert Coolen, Jean-Noël Louis and Etienne Marchal, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg.
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
               —
            
            
               annul the decision to appoint him as an official of the European Communities in that it fixes his grade on recruitment at A*6, pursuant to Article 12 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations;
            
         
               —
            
            
               order the Council to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   The applicant was a candidate in internal competition CONSEIL/A/273 held to fill a post as doctor in grade A6 or A7. The applicant was successful in the competition and was appointed in grade A*6. The applicant contests that decision, claiming that he should have been appointed in grade A*8, A*9 or A*10, which, under the new system, correspond to the former grades referred to in the notification of competition.
   In support of his action, the applicant claims that the Council fixed his grade on recruitment without having regard to the notification of vacancy and, accordingly, breached Articles 29 and 31 of the Staff Regulations and also the principle of legitimate expectations. In that context, the applicant also claims that article 12 of Article XIII to the Staff Regulations, which the Council applied when fixing his grade on recruitment, unlawfully alters the framework of legality of the recruitment procedure.