Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (1st Chamber) of 6 October 2015 — FE v Commission

(Case F-119/14) ¹

(Civil service — Recruitment — Open competition — Inclusion on the reserve list — Decision of the appointing authority not to recruit a successful candidate — Respective jurisdictions of the selection board and of the appointing authority — Eligibility criteria for the competition — Minimum period of professional experience required — Methods of calculation — Manifest error of assessment by the selection board — None — Loss of an opportunity to be recruited — Compensation)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: FE (represented by: L. Levi and A. Blot, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and G. Gattinara, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the Commission’s decision ending the procedure initiated with a view to appointing the applicant — included on a reserve list for a competition — as an official, after informing him that the DG concerned had given its approval for his engagement, and finally finding that he had insufficient professional experience.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of 17 December 2013 by which the European Commission refused to recruit FE;

Orders the European Commission to pay FE the sum of EUR 10 000;

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

Declares that the European Commission is to bear its own costs and orders it to pay the costs incurred by FE.

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¹ OJ C 7, 12.1.2015, p. 56.