CELEX: 62018TN0372
Language: en
Date: 2018-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-372/18: Action brought on 20 June 2018 — Colombani v EEAS

10.9.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/16
            
         
      Action brought on 20 June 2018 — Colombani v EEAS
      (Case T-372/18)
      (2018/C 319/19)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Jean-Marc Colombani (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by N. de Montigny, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European External Action Service.
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  annul the decision of the EEAS Director General for Budget and Administration of 9 November 2017 (ADMIN(2017)21) establishing the list of officials promoted in the 2017 promotion exercise in so far as it does not contain the applicant’s name;
               
            
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                  order the defendant to pay the costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      In support of the action, the applicant relies on four pleas in law.
      
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                  First plea in law, alleging illegality in respect of the general implementing provisions applied by the EEAS to the promotion procedure
               
            
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                  Second plea in law, alleging maladministration, failure to comply with the procedure prior to the adoption of the list of officials proposed for promotion and unequal treatment.
               
            
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                  Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the general implementing provisions of the EEAS relating to Article 45 of the Staff Regulations.
               
            
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                  Fourth plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment of the applicant’s merits and unequal treatment in the assessment of the seniority criterion.