Action brought on 18 March 2015 — ZZ v Commission

(Case F-44/15)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: ZZ (represented by: G. Bellotti, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

The annulment of the decision to appoint a person other than the applicant as head of the unit C4 (‘Legal Advice’), the applicant having acted as head of that unit since the departure of the previous head of unit and having submitted an application in response to the vacancy notice for that post.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

annul the decision, under the reference Ares (2015)43686, of 7 January 2015, dismissing the complaint brought on 30 September 2014 (No R/994/14) under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations;

annul the decision of 30 June 2014 adopted by the Director General of OLAF, acting as the appointing authority, in relation to the appointment of the head of the unit OLAF.C4 (Legal Advice);

declare that, by virtue of the annulment of the two abovementioned decisions, the procedure for the selection of the head of the unit OLAF.C4 (Legal Advice) is vitiated by illegality as of the time when the illegal act was found to have been committed;

order the European Commission to pay compensation — to be assessed on equitable principles — in respect of the harm suffered by the applicant connected with the loss of an opportunity, of at least EUR 10 000;

order the Commission to pay the costs.