Action brought on 2 March 2009 - Merhzaoui v Council

(Case F-18/09)

Language of the case: French

Parties

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

Defendant: Council of the European Union

Subject-matter and description of the proceedings

First, annulment of the decision to assign the applicant to the career stream AST 1-7. Secondly, annulment of the decision not to promote him to grade AST 2 in the 2008 promotion procedure and of the decisions to promote less deserving officials to that grade.

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Tribunal should:

annul the decision to assign the applicant, with effect from 1 May 2006, to the career stream AST 1-7.

annul the appointing authority's decision not to promote him to grade AST 2 in the 2008 promotion procedure and, so far as necessary, the decisions to promote less deserving officials to that grade;

order the Council of the European Union to pay the costs.

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