CELEX: C2001/161/34
Language: en
Date: 2001-06-02 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 March 2001 in Case T-77/99: Girish Ojha v the Commission of the European Communities (Officials — VAT-free importation of personal effects — Action for damages — Breach of administrative duty)

C 161/16                EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                       2.6.2001
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                                                                                                    of 7 February 2001
                          of 6 March 2001
                                                                            in Case T-118/99: Beatrice Bonaiti Brighina v Commission
                                                                                           of the European Communities (1)
in Case T-77/99: Girish Ojha v the Commission of the                        (Officials — Competitions — Rules on the use of languages
                    European Communities (1)                                — Admissibility — Non-admission to the oral test — Access
                                                                                                        to documents)
(Officials — VAT-free importation of personal effects —                                               (2001/C 161/35)
    Action for damages — Breach of administrative duty)
                                                                                                (Language of the case: Italian)
                          (2001/C 161/34)                                   In Case T-118/99: Beatrice Bonaiti Brighina, an official of the
                                                                            Commission posted to the Joint Research Centre at Ispra,
                                                                            represented by M. Rizzoglio and F. Colussi, Avvocati, with an
                                                                            address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the
                                                                            European Communities (Agent: G. Valsesia) — application for
                    (Language of the case: French)                          the annulment of the decision of the selection board in
                                                                            competition COM/B/18/96 not to admit the applicant to the
                                                                            oral tests in that competition and, if necessary, the annulment
                                                                            of the list drawn up on the basis of the written tests and of the
In Case T-77/99: Girish Ojha, an official in the Commission of
the European Communities, residing in Bierbeek (Belgium),                   final list of successful candidates in the competition —
                                                                            the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of
represented by Antonietta Ottati and Marc Dallemagne, avo-
                                                                            B. Vesterdorf, President, M. Vilaras and N.J. Forwood, Judges;
cats, against Commission of the European Communities
(Agent: C. Berardis-Kayser) — application for compensation to               J. Palacio González, Administrator, gave a judgment on
                                                                            7 February 2001, in which it:
make good the material and non-material damage suffered by
the applicant as a result of being deprived of use of his
                                                                            1.    dismisses the application;
vehicle during the period running from 1 February 1996 to
31 December 1997— the Court of First Instance (First                        2.    orders each of the parties to bear its own costs.
Chamber), composed of B. Vesterdorf, President, M. Vilaras
and N.J. Forwood, Judges; D. Christensen, for the Registrar,
gave a judgment on 6 March 2001, in which it:                               (1) OJ C 226 of 7.8.99.
1.    orders the Commission to pay to the applicant the sum of
      BFR 35 000 by way of compensation for the material damage
      caused to him, together with interest at an annual rate of
      interest of 6,75 %, with effect from delivery of the judgment
      until actual payment;
                                                                                JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
2.    dismisses the remainder of the application;                                                     of 6 March 2001
                                                                            in Case T-192/99: Roderick Dunnett and Others v Euro-
3.    orders the Commission to bear its own costs and pay one half                              pean Investment Bank (1)
      of those of the applicant;
                                                                            (General principle of labour law common to the Member
                                                                            States — Bona fide consultation of staff representatives —
4.    orders the applicant to bear one half of its own costs.                              Abolition of a financial advantage)
                                                                                                      (2001/C 161/36)
(1) OJ C 174 of 19.6.99.
                                                                                               (Language of the case: English)
                                                                            In Case T-192/99: Roderick Dunnett, residing in Luxembourg
                                                                            (Luxembourg), Thomas Hackett, residing in Rameldange (Lux-
                                                                            embourg), Mateo Turró Calvet, residing in Rameldange,