CELEX: C2002/219/46
Language: en
Date: 2002-09-14 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 9 July 2002 in Case T-158/01: Alexandre Tilgenkamp v Commission of the European Communities (Officials — Post of Assistant Director General — Vacancy notice — Assessment of the merits of the candidates — Manifest error of assessment)

C 219/18                 EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                         14.9.2002
     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                           of 9 July 2002
                                                                                                        of 9 July 2002
in Case T-21/01: Georgios Zavvos v Commission of the
                     European Communities ( 1)                              in Case T-158/01: Alexandre Tilgenkamp v Commission
                                                                                             of the European Communities ( 1)
(Officials — Disciplinary measures — Downgrading —
First paragraph of Article 11 and Article 14 of the Staff
                            Regulations)                                    (Officials — Post of Assistant Director General — Vacancy
                                                                            notice — Assessment of the merits of the candidates —
                                                                                               Manifest error of assessment)
                          (2002/C 219/45)
                                                                                                       (2002/C 219/46)
                     (Language of the case: French)
                                                                                                 (Language of the case: French)
In Case T-21/01: Georgios Zavvos, an official of the Com-
mission of the European Communities, residing in Linkebeek
(Belgium), represented by G. Vandersanden and L. Levi,
lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against
Commission of the European Communities (Agents: J. Currall                  In Case T-158/01: Alexandre Tilgenkamp, an official of
and D. Waelbroeck) — an application for annulment of the                    the Commission of the European Communities, residing in
decision of the Commission of 11 January 2000 downgrading                   Overijse (Belgium), represented by E. Boigelot, lawyer, with an
the applicant from Grade A 5 to Grade A 6, maintaining the                  address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the
same step, and a claim for damages for the material and non-                European Communities (Agents: J. Currall et D. Waelbroeck)
material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant and                     — application for annulment of the decision of the Com-
assessed at EUR 1 350 000 — the Court of First Instance                     mission of 13 September 2000 appointing F. Barbaso to the
(Third Chamber), composed of M. Jaeger, President, K. Lenaerts              post of Assistant Director General ‘Agriculture’ notified in
and J. Azizi, Judges; Blanca Pastor, Principal Administrator, for           notice COM 094/00 and rejection of the applicant’s candi-
the Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 July 2002, in which it:                 dature for that post, and of the rejection of the complaint
                                                                            lodged by the applicant — the Court of First Instance (Third
                                                                            Chamber), composed of M. Jaeger, President, K. Lenaerts
1.     Annuls the decision of the Commission of 11 January 2000             and J. Azizi, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the
       downgrading the applicant from Grade A 5 to Grade A 6,               Registrar, gave a judgment on 9 July 2002, in which it:
       maintaining the same step;
2.     Orders the Commission to pay to the applicant EUR 2 000 by           1.     annuls the decision of the Commission of 13 September 2000
       way of compensation for the non-material damage suffered by                 to appoint F. Barbaso to the post of Assistant Director General
       him;                                                                        ‘Agriculture’ notified in notice COM 094/00 and reject the
                                                                                   applicant’s candidature and the express rejection of the latter’s
                                                                                   complaint.
3.     Dismisses the remainder of the application;
                                                                            2.     orders the Commission to pay the costs.
4.     Orders the Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those
       of the applicant.
                                                                            (1 ) OJ C 289 of 13.10.2001.
( 1) OJ C 79 of 10.3.2001.