Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 3 June 2015 — Gross v EEAS

(Case F-78/14) ¹

(Civil Service — Staff of the EEAS — Officials — Promotion — Articles 43 and 45(1) of the Staff Regulations — Comparative examination of the merits of all officials eligible for promotion — Officials put forward by the services of the EEAS and those not put forward — Taking into account of the staff reports — Exclusively literal assessments)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Philipp Oliver Gross (Brussels, Belgium) (represented initially by: D. de Abreu Caldas, M. de Abreu Caldas and J.-N. Louis, lawyers, and subsequently by: J.-N. Louis, laywer)

Defendant: European External Action Service (EEAS) (represented by: S. Marquardt and M. Silva, acting as Agents)

Re:

Annulment of the decisions not to promote the applicant to the next grade in the 2013 promotion procedure of the European External Action Service (EEAS).

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of the Appointing Authority of the European External Action Service of 9 October 2013 establishing the list of officials promoted under promotion year 2013 in so far as the name of Mr Gross is not included;

Orders the European External Action Service to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by Mr Gross.

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¹ OJ C 388, 3.11.2014, p. 31.