CELEX: C2002/017/30
Language: en
Date: 2002-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-256/01: Action brought on 10 October 2001 by Norman Pyres against Commission of the European Communities

C 17/18                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      19.1.2002
Grounds of claim:              Incorrect      interpretation     of      In support of his claims, the applicant relies on the following
                               Article 7 of Regulation 40/94 (1)         pleas:
                               and unjust refusal of evidence
                               filed by the Applicant after the
                               filing of the Application.                —     infringement of Article 1(1) of Annex III to the Staff
                                                                               Regulations and of Article 12 of the Conditions of
                                                                               Employment of Other Servants of the European Com-
                                                                               munities.
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the
    Community trade mark (OJ L 11, p. 1).
                                                                         —     disregard for the interests of the service.
                                                                         —     the existence, in the present case, of a manifest error of
                                                                               assessment.
                                                                         —     breach of the principle of non-discrimination.
Action brought on 10 October 2001 by Norman Pyres
    against Commission of the European Communities
                                                                         The applicant states in that regard that it is for the institution
                                                                         to justify on objective grounds the condition relating to age
                         (Case T-256/01)                                 which it sets in its recruitment notices, such justification to be
                                                                         objective and reasonable, to be in pursuit of a legitimate
                                                                         interest and to observe the requirements of proportionality.
                          (2002/C 17/30)
                   (Language of the case: French)
An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
ties was brought before the Court of First Instance of the               Action brought on 16 October 2001 by Nutrinveste —
European Communities on 10 October 2001 by Noramn                        Comércio Internacional, S.A. against Commission of the
Pyres, residing in Brussels, represented by Georges Vandersan-                               European Communities
den and Laure Levi, lawyers.
                                                                                                  (Case T-259/01)
The applicant claims that the Court should:
                                                                                                   (2002/C 17/31)
—     annul the decision of 1 December 2000 of the Selection
      Board in competition COM/R/A/14/2000, the decision of
      4 December 2000 of the Selection Board in competition                               (Language of the case: Portuguese)
      COM/R/A/10/2000 and the decision of 7 December 2000
      of the Selection Board in competition COM/R/A/07/2000
      refusing to allow the applicant to take part in the selection
      procedure;
                                                                         An action against the Commission of the European Communi-
—     order the defendant to pay the costs.                              ties was brought before the Court of First Instance on
                                                                         16 October 2001 by Nutrinveste — Comércio Internacional,
                                                                         S.A., established in Algés, Portugal, represented by the lawyers
                                                                         Jorge Monteiro dos Santos, Ana Cristina Vasconcelos, Jorge de
                                                                         Mendia, Sandra Sousa de Almeida and António Texeira de
Pleas in law and main arguments                                          Almeida, of Lisbon.
The applicant opposes the decision of the appointing authority           The applicant claims that the Court of First Instance should:
to exclude him from the selection procedure for COM/
R/A/07/2000, COM/R/A/10/2000 and COM/R/A/14/2000,
organised by the Research Directorate General, on the ground             —     Order the European Commission to pay to the applicant
that he did not meet the condition as to age-limit prescribed                  the sum of EUR 61 222 for goods duly delivered but not
therein.                                                                       yet paid for.