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I maj 1996 offentliggjorde Regionsudvalget en meddelelse om en ledig stilling som fuld-mægtig,som skulle arbejde under ledelse af formanden for Gruppen Europæisk Alliance.Meddelelsen angav,at den valgte ansøger ville blive ansat i en midlertidig stilling ilønklasse A7,og videre at:”Andre ansøgere,som har bestået udvælgelsesprøverne,vilblive placeret på en reserveliste.
In May 1996,the Committee of the Regions published a notice of vacancy for the post ofan administrator who was to work under the authority of the President of the European Alliance Group. The notice specified that the successful candidate would be appointed asa temporary agent with grade A7 and continued:“Other candidates who have passed theselection examinations will be placed on a reserve list.
Hvis andre lignende stillinger bliver ledige,vil disseansøgere blive taget i betragtning.”Klageren bestod udvælgelsesprøven,men blev ikkevalgt til stillingen.
Should further equivalent vacancies arise,these candidates will be taken into consideration.”The complainant passed thecompetition but was not chosen for the post.
Sammen med andre udvalgte ansøgere blev hun placeret på den reser-veliste,der blev oprettet i 1997.
Together with other successful candidates,she was put on the reserve list established in 1997.
I sin skrivelse af 9. januar 1997,hvori Kommissionenmeddelte klageren sin beslutning,fremkom den med følgende udtalelse:”Vi vil imidlertidkontakte dig,så snart der opstår en mulighed for ansættelse.”Klageren blev efterfølgendeoplyst om,at der ikke var fastlagt nogen udløbsdato for denne reserveliste,og at ”hendesansøgning ville blive genovervejet,hvis der oprettes en ny stilling i Gruppen Europæisk Alliance, eller hvis den eksisterende stilling bliver ledig”. Udvalget henviste til og bekræftede sin skrivelse af 9. januar 1997.
In its letter of 9 January 1997 informingthe complainant of this decision,the Committee made the following statement:“However,we will certainly contact you as soon as a possibility for recruitment arises.”Thecomplainant was subsequently informed that there was no expiry date foreseen for thisreserve list and that “her application would be reconsidered in the event that a new post iscreated for the European Alliance Group or in the event that [the] existing post becomesvacant.”In this letter,the Committee referred to and confirmed its letter of 9 January 1997.
Klageren arbejdede som hjælpeansat for udvalget mellem oktober 1997 og oktober 1998.
The complainant worked as an auxiliary agent for the Committee between October 1997and October 1998.
Klageren hørte i marts 2000,at den fuldmægtig,som havde fået stillingen,havde fratrådtden igen.
In March 2000,the complainant learnt that the administrator who had been chosen had lefther post.
Derfor skrev hun den 10. april 2000 til både formanden for Gruppen Europæisk Alliance og til generalsekretæren for Regionsudvalget for at udtrykke sin interesse i stillingen og påpege,at hun stod på reservelisten.
On 10 April 2000,she thus wrote to both the President of the European Alliance Group and to the Secretary-General of the Committee of Regions to express her interestin the post and to point out that she was on the reserve list.
Klageren opdagede derefter,at den relevante stilling allerede var blevet besat af O.,som ikke havde stået på reservelisten.
The complainant then discovered that the relevant post had been filled already by Mr O. whose name had not been onthe reserve list.
Klageren henvendte sig derefter den 19. maj 2000 til Den Europæiske Ombudsmand,somvideresendte klagen til Regionsudvalget den 30. maj 2000.
On 19 May 2000,the complainant thereupon turned to the European Ombudsman whoforwarded her complaint to the Committee of the Regions on 30 May 2000.
I en skrivelse af 23. juni 2000 meddelte generalsekretæren for Regionsudvalget klageren,at reservelisten,som blev oprettet i 1997,var udløbet den 20. juni 2000,og at en nymeddelelse om en ledig stilling nu var blevet offentliggjort med henblik på at besætte stillingen fra den 16. oktober 2000.
By letter dated 23 June 2000,the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regionsinformed the complainant that the reserve list created in 1997 had expired on 20 June 2000and that a new notice of vacancy had now been published with a view to occupying theposition with effect from 16 October 2000.
Ifølge den nye meddelelse (som også var dateret den 23.juni 2000) skulle ansøgningerne være modtaget senest den 12. juli 2000. Klagerenindsendte en ansøgning den 11. juli 2000.
According to the new notice of vacancy (thatwas also dated 23 June 2000),applications had to be received by 12 July 2000 at the latest.The complainant submitted an application on 11 July 2000.
Klageren blev kaldt til samtale den 25. juli 2000.
The complainant was invited for an interview on 25 July 2000.
I en skrivelse af 3. august 2000 meddeltegeneralsekretæren for Regionsudvalget,at klageren ikke var blevet valgt til stillingen.
In a letter dated 3 August2000,the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions informed the complainantthat she had not been chosen for the post.
Klageren fremsatte følgende påstande:
The complainant made the following allegations:
1)Regionsudvalget skulle have oplyst de ansøgere,som stod på reservelisten,om at stillingen igen var ledig.
1)The Committee of the Regions should have informed the candidates whose nameshad been placed on the reserve list that the post had been vacated.
2)Regionsudvalget skulle have valgt den person,som skulle indtage stillingen,blandtde ansøgere,som stod på reservelisten.
2)The Committee of the Regions should have chosen the person to fill this post fromthe candidates whose names had been put on the reserve list.
4)Regionsudvalget skulle have informeret de personer,som stod på reservelisten,førden udløb.
4)The Committee of the Regions should have informed those persons whose nameswere on the reserve list before the latter expired.
Klagen videresendtes til Regionsudvalget.
The complaint was sent to the Committee of the Regions.
Regionsudvalgets udtalelse
The opinion of the Committee of the Regions
I sin udtalelse af fremsatte Regionsudvalget følgende bemærkninger:
In its opinion,the Committee of the Regions made the following comments:
Udvalget havde ikke været forpligtet til at informere de personer,som stod på reserveli-sten,eftersom stillingen ikke var blevet endeligt,men kun midlertidigt besat.
The Committee had not been under an obligation to inform the persons whose names wereon the reserve list since the post had not been filled definitively but only on a provisionalbasis.
Udvalgethavde derfor ret til at vælge en person,som ikke stod på reservelisten.
Therefore the Committee had been free to choose a person whose name did notfigure on the reserve list.
Valget af udløbsdato for reservelisten var omfattet af myndighedernes skønsbeføjelser.
The choice of the date on which the reserve list was to expire belonged to the discretionarypowers of the administration.
Depersoner,som havde stået på reservelisten,kunne først oplyses om listens udløb,da beslutningen blev taget den 20. juni 2000.
The persons whose names had been on the reserve list couldonly be informed of the latter’s expiry after the decision had been taken on 20 June 2000.
Klageren udtrykte i sine bemærkninger overraskelse over,at stillingen var blevet besat påmidlertidig basis.
In her observations,the complainant expressed her surprise at the fact that the post hadallegedly been filled only on a temporary basis.
Hun gjorde desuden gældende,at Regionsudvalget havde haft rigelig tidtil at konsultere reservelisten,i stedet for at ansætte en person,som ikke havde bestået denoprindelige udvælgelsesprøve.
She further claimed that the Committee ofthe Regions had had ample time to consult the reserve list instead of appointing a personwho had not passed the initial competition.
Klageren påpegede,at hun ville have været i stand til atindtage stillingen fra den dag,hvor den var blevet ledig.
The complainant pointed out that she wouldhave been able to take up the post from the day it had been vacated.
Udvalget havde efter hendesmening handlet vilkårligt,da den besluttede at lukke reservelisten.
In her view, the Committee had acted arbitrarily when deciding to close the reserve list.
Klageren gjordegældende,at eftersom listen stadig var gældende,da stillingen blev ledig i slutningen afmarts 2000,burde udvalget havde konsulteret listen og oplyst de personer,som stod pålisten,om,at en stilling var blevet ledig.
The complainantclaimed that since the list was still valid when the post had become vacant towards the endof March 2000,the Committee ought to have consulted it and informed the persons whosenames were on it that a vacancy had arisen.
Ifølge klageren var den anden ansættelsesprocedure blevet arrangeret i al hast,da hunhavde gjort indvendinger mod ansættelsen af O.,og den havde været kortfattet sammenlignet med den oprindelige procedure,eftersom den kun bestod af en enkelt samtale.Klagerens samtale havde fundet sted den 25. juli 2000,og der var kun afsat denne ene dagtil samtalerne.
According to the complainant,the second recruitment procedure had been hastily organised following her objections to the appointment of Mr O. and had been perfunctory bycomparison with the initial procedure,given that it was based on a single interview. Thecomplainant’s interview had taken place on 25 July 2000,and this had been the only dayallocated for these interviews.
Samme dags eftermiddag blev der imidlertid afholdt samtaler til en andenstilling i Gruppen Europæisk Alliance,og den person,som var blevet udnævnt i marts2000,var medlem af ansættelsespanelet.
However,in the afternoon of the same day interviews wereheld for another position with the European Alliance Group,and the person who had beenappointed in March 2000 was a member of the appointing panel.
Klageren konkluderede,at man havde gennemført den anden ansættelsesprocedurekunstigt med henblik på at legitimere en ansættelse,som allerede var besluttet noglemåneder tidligere.
The complainant concluded that the second recruitment procedure had been artificiallyimplemented in order to legitimise an appointment that had already been made somemonths previously.
På baggrund af ovenstående nåede Ombudsmanden til den konklusion,at han behøvedeyderligere oplysninger for at kunne behandle klagen.
In view of the above,the Ombudsman concluded that he needed further information inorder to deal with the complaint.
Derfor bad han Regionsudvalget omat forklare årsagerne til,at det havde besluttet at besætte den pågældende stilling midlertidigt; at præcisere,hvornår denne ansættelse faktisk havde fundet sted; at indsende kopieraf relevante dokumenter og oplyse Ombudsmanden om,hvem der var blevet ansat efter detstillingsopslag,der blev offentliggjort i juni 2000.
He therefore asked the Committee of the Regions toexplain the reasons why it had decided to fill the relevant post on a provisional basis,tospecify how and when this appointment was actually carried out,to submit copies of therelevant documents and to inform the Ombudsman as to who had been appointed as aresult of the vacancy notice published in June 2000.
Udvalgets svar
The Committee’s reply
I sin udtalelse afgav Regionsudvalget følgende oplysninger:
In its reply,the Committee of the Regions provided the following information:
Den pågældende stilling var blevet besat midlertidigt efter ønske fra formanden for Gruppen Europæisk Alliance.
The relevant post had been filled on a provisional basis in response to the wishes of the President of the European Alliance Group.
På det tidspunkt var gruppens krav udvidet betydeligt,dader var gået lang tid mellem,at reservelisten blev oprettet (1997),og at stillingen som fuldmægtig blev ledig (2000).
_BAR_ 2001 the vacancy for the post of administrator (2000).
Gruppen besluttede derfor at tage sine administrative krav op tilfornyet overvejelse og i mellemtiden ansætte en medarbejder for en kort periode,somstraks ville kunne gå i gang med arbejdet.
The group had therefore decided to reappraise its administrative requirements and in the meanwhile to recruit on a short-term basisa staff member who would immediately be operational.
Regionsudvalgets administration var på ingen måde berettiget til at gribe ind i den politiske gruppes skønsmæssige valg med henblik på at ansætte en fuldmægtig på kontrakt ogfor en fastsat periode.
The administration of the Committee of the Regions was in no way entitled to interferewith the discretionary choices made by a political group for the purpose of recruiting anadministrator solely on a contractual basis and for a fixed period.
Gruppen Europæisk Alliances midlertidige medarbejder var ansat i perioden fra 16. martstil 15. oktober 2000 på en normal kontrakt.
The temporary staff member of the European Alliance group had been recruited for theperiod from 16 March until 15 October 2000 on the basis of a normal contract.
På trods af den hastighed,hvormed ansættelsenblev gennemført,blev de lovbestemte procedurer nøje overholdt.
Despite thespeed of recruitment,the statutory procures had been scrupulously respected.
Den person,som var blevet ansat i forbindelse med den meddelelse om en ledig stilling,som blev offentliggjort den 23. juni 2000,var O.
The person who had been appointed as a result of the vacancy notice published on 23 June2000 was Mr O.
Udvalget vedlagde kopier af de dokumenter,som Ombudsmanden havde udbedt sig.
The Committee included copies of the documents requested by the Ombudsman.
Dissedokumenter viste,at der den 21. februar 2000 var indgivet en ansøgning om at ansætte O.i perioden mellem 16. marts og 15. oktober 2000,hvilket var blevet godkendt af udvalgetden 23. februar 2000,samt at O. var blevet tilbudt stillingen den 1. marts 2000,og at O.havde sagt ja til stillingen den 7. marts 2000.
Itemerged from these documents that an application to appoint Mr O. for the period between16 March and 15 October 2000 had been made on 21 February 2000 and approved by the Committee on 23 February 2000,that the post had been offered to Mr O. on 1 March 2000and that Mr O. had accepted this post on 7 March 2000.
Udvalgets svar på Ombudsmandens anmodning om yderligere oplysninger videresendtestil klageren.
The Committee’s reply to the Ombudsman’s request for further information wasforwarded to the complainant.
Klageren fastholdt klagen i sine bemærkninger.
In her observations,the complainant maintained hercomplaint.
Klageren påpegede især,at da O. blev ansat fra og med 16. oktober 2000,havde formanden for Gruppen Europæisk Alliance anmodet om,at hans kontrakt skulle gælde for en ubestemt periode,eftersom hanallerede havde gennemført en tilstrækkelig prøveperiode siden den 16. marts 2000.
The complainant pointed out in particular that when Mr O. was appointed witheffect from 16 October 2000,the President of the European Alliance Group had requestedthat his contract should be for an indefinite period,given that he had already completed asufficient probationary period since 16 March 2000.
Efterklagerens mening bekræftede dette påstanden om,at O. var blevet ansat på midlertidigbasis fra og med den dato.
In the complainant’s view,thisconfirmed that Mr O. had been appointed as the temporary agent from that date.
Undladelse af at informere om den ledige stilling
Failure to inform about vacancy
1.1I maj 1996 offentliggjorde Regionsudvalget en meddelelse om en ledig stilling somfuldmægtig,som skulle arbejde under ledelse af formanden for Gruppen Europæisk Alliance.
1.1In May 1996,the Committee of the Regions published a notice of vacancy for the postof an administrator who was to work under the authority of the President of the European Alliance Group.
Meddelelsen angav,at den valgte ansøger ville blive ansat i en midlertidig stilling i lønklasse A7,og videre at:”Andre ansøgere,som har bestået udvælgelsesprøverne,vil blive placeret på en reserveliste.
The notice specified that the successful candidate would be appointed asa temporary agent with grade A7 and continued:“Other candidates who have passed theselection examinations will be placed on a reserve list.
Hun fik senere oplyst,at udvalget ville kontakte hende,”så snart der opstår en mulighed for ansættelse”.
She was subsequently informed thatthe Committee would contact her “as soon as a possibility for recruitment arises”.
Hun blev desuden oplyst om,at der ikkevar fastlagt nogen udløbsdato for denne reserveliste,og at ”hendes ansøgning ville blivegenovervejet,hvis der oprettes en ny stilling i Gruppen Europæisk Alliance,eller hvis deneksisterende stilling bliver ledig”. Da denne stilling igen blev ledig,ansatte udvalget imidlertid O.,som ikke havde stået på reservelisten,i marts 2000.
She wasfurther informed that there was no expiry date foreseen for this reserve list and that “herapplication would be reconsidered in the event that a new post is created for the European Alliance Group or in the event that [the] existing post becomes vacant.”However,whenthe same post became vacant again,the Committee appointed,in March 2000,Mr O.whose name had not been on the reserve list.
Klageren gjorde gældende,at udvalget ikke havde oplyst hende om den ledige stilling.
The complainant claimed that the Committeehad failed to inform her of the vacancy.
1.2Regionsudvalget gjorde gældende,at det ikke havde været forpligtet til at informerede personer,som stod på reservelisten fra 1997,eftersom stillingen kun var blevet midlertidigt besat i marts 2000.
1.4The Committee argued that it had not been obliged to inform the complainant sincethe appointment had only been made on a provisional basis.
1.3Ombudsmanden bemærker,at udvalget har meddelt klageren,at hendes ansøgningville blive taget op til genovervejelse,hvis en relevant stilling bliver ledig,og at hun villefå besked,”så snart der opstår en mulighed for ansættelse”.
However,the Committee’sletter of 9 January 1997 clearly stated that the Committee would “contact you as soon asa possibility for recruitment arises”.
I udvalgets skrivelse af 9. januar 1997 erklærede manimidlertid,at udvalget ville ”kontakte dig,så snart der opstår en mulighed for ansættelse”.Ombudsmanden mener,at en sådan mulighed for ansættelse også opstod,da man besatteen stilling midlertidigt.
The Ombudsman considers that such a possibility forrecruitment also arose where a post was filled on a provisional basis.
Selv om det hastede med at besætte stillingen,burde udvalget ikkehavde undladt at informere klageren,set i lyset af at hun boede i Bruxelles,og at udvalgetkendte hendes adresse.
The possible urgencyto fill the post should not have prevented the Committee from informing the complainant,given that the latter lived in Brussels and that her address was known to the Committee.
1.5På baggrund af ovenstående konkluderer Ombudsmanden,at udvalget ved at undladeat informere klageren,så snart stillingen som fuldmægtig i Gruppen Europæisk Allianceblev ledig,ikke indfriede det løfte,det havde givet til klageren.
1.5On the basis of the above,the Ombudsman concludes that by omitting to inform thecomplainant as soon as the post of administrator with the European Alliance Groupbecame vacant,the Committee of the Regions failed to comply with a promise to thateffect that it had made to the complainant.
Det er et udtryk for godforvaltningsskik,at myndighederne overholder de forpligtelser,de har påtaget sig over forborgerne.
It is good administrative practice for the administration to comply with commitments it has taken upon itself vis-à-vis citizens.
Udvalgets manglende overholdelse af sin forpligtelse udgør et tilfælde af fejleller forsømmelser.
The Committee’s failure to do so thus constitutes an instance of maladministration.
Ombudsmanden finder det derfor nødvendigt at fremsætte en kritiskbemærkning i denne henseende.
The Ombudsman therefore considers it necessary to make a critical remark in this regard.
Undladelse af at vælge en ansøger fra reservelisten
Failure to choose candidate from reserve list
2.1Klageren gjorde gældende,at udvalget burde have valgt en person til den ledige stilling fra den reserveliste,der blev oprettet i 1997.
2.1The complainant claimed that the Committee ought to have chosen the person to fillthe vacant post from the reserve list drawn up in 1997.
2.2Udvalget anførte,at stillingen kun var blevet midlertidigt besat i marts 2000,at reservelisten var udløbet i juni 2000,og at en ny udvælgelsesprocedure blev gennemført i juli2000,hvilket havde ført til den endelige besættelse af stillingen.
2.2The Committee argued that the post had only been filled on a provisional basis in March 2000,that the reserve list had expired in June 2000 and that a new selection procedure had been carried out in July 2000 that had led to the definitive filling of the vacancy.
2.3Ombudsmanden mener,at ansættelsesmyndigheden var berettiget til at besætte enstilling midlertidigt,hvis der var gode grunde hertil.
2.3The Ombudsman considers that the appointing authority was entitled to fill a post ona provisional basis where there were good reasons for doing so.
I nærværende sag anførte udvalget,atstillingen skulle besættes hurtigt,og at den pågældende gruppes krav til en medarbejderhavde ændret sig væsentligt i løbet af de mere end tre år,der var gået,siden reservelistenblev udarbejdet.
In the present case, the Committee argued that it had been urgent to fill the post and that the needs of the relevantgroup had substantially changed in the more than three years since the reserve list hadbeen drawn up.
Efter Ombudsmandens mening havde udvalget således fremsat gyldigegrunde til at besætte den pågældende stilling midlertidigt. Eftersom denne beslutning eromfattet af myndighedernes skønsmæssige beføjelser,er Ombudsmanden ikke berettigettil at erstatte sidstnævntes vurdering med sin egen vurdering.
In the Ombudsman’s view,the Committee had thus put forward validreasons for filling the relevant post on a provisional basis.
2.4Klageren anførte,at den første ansættelse ikke kun havde været midlertidig,og at manhavde gennemført den anden ansættelsesprocedure kunstigt med henblik på at legitimereen ansættelse,som allerede var besluttet nogle måneder tidligere.
2.4The complainant argued that the first appointment had not merely been made on aprovisional basis and that the second recruitment procedure had been artificially implemented in order to legitimise an appointment that had already been made some monthspreviously.
Ombudsmanden menerimidlertid ikke,at hans undersøgelser har afdækket noget materiale til støtte for dennepåstand.
The Ombudsman considers,however,that his inquiries have not producedsufficient evidence that would have supported this claim.
Det bør især bemærkes,at O.’s kontrakt fra marts 2000 var begrænset til envarighed på seks måneder,hvilket bekræftede udvalgets påstand om,at ansættelsen kunvar midlertidig.
It has to be noted in particularthat Mr O.’s contract of March 2000 had been limited to a duration of six months,a factwhich was compatible with the Committee’s claim that the appointment had been made ona provisional basis.
2.5På baggrund af ovenstående synes der ikke at have foreligget et tilfælde af fejl ellerforsømmelser fra udvalgets side,for så vidt angår klagerens anden påstand.
2.5On the basis of the above,there appears to have been no maladministration on the partof the Committee in so far as the complainant’s second allegation is concerned.
Valg af udløbsdato for reservelisten
Choice of date for expiry of reserve list
3.1Klageren gjorde gældende,at valget af udløbsdato for reservelisten fra 1997 varvilkårlig.
3.1The complainant claimed that the choice of date for the expiry of the reserve listestablished in 1997 had been arbitrary.
3.2Udvalget mente,at beslutningen var omfattet af myndighedernes skønsbeføjelser.
3.2The Committee took the view that this decision belonged to the discretionary powersof the administration.
Som anført ovenformener Ombudsmanden imidlertid ikke,at hans undersøgelser har afdækket noget materiale til støtte for denne påstand.
However,and as noted above,the Ombudsman considers that his inquirieshave not produced sufficient evidence to support this claim.