Action brought on 20 August 2010 -Behnke v Commission

(Case F-68/10)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Thorsten Behnke (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis, E. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

Annulment of the decision to place the applicant in Performance Group II and to award him 5 promotion points for his career development report for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2008.

Form of order sought

Annul the decision to place the applicant in Performance Group II and to award him 5 promotion points for his career development report for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2008;

In the alternative, declare Article 8(4) of the general implementing provisions relating to Article 43 of the Staff Regulations unlawful, in so far as it allows the Joint Committee on Evaluation and Promotions to adopt an opinion by consensus;

Order the European Commission to pay the costs.

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