Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 28 June 2011 - AS v Commission
(Staff case - Officials - Notice of vacancy - Rejection of application - Legal interest in bringing proceedings - Official on invalidity - Decision to reject candidature not inseparable from decision to appoint - Distinction drawn between officials in the same function group and holding the same grade and at a different stage in their career)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: AS (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: N. Lhoëst, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the decision refusing to take into consideration the applicant's application for a post as a library assistant and for an order for the Commission to pay her a sum as compensation for the material and non-material damage suffered.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Annuls the decision of 30 September 2009 by which the European Commission rejected AS's application;;
Orders the European Commission to pay AS the sum of EUR 3 000;
Dismisses the remainder of the action;
Orders the European Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs, three quarters of AS's costs;
Orders AS to pay a quarter of her own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 246, 11.9.2010, p. 43.