Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 17 February 2009 - Stols v Council

(Case F-51/08) ¹

(Staff case - Officials - Promotion - 2007 promotion procedure - Consideration of comparative merits - Manifest error of assessment)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Willem Stols (Halsteren, Netherlands) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: Mr Bauer and Ms Balta, Agents)

Re:

The annulment of the Appointing Authority's decision not to include the applicant on the list of those promoted to grade AST 11 under the 2007 promotion procedure.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decisions of 16 July 2007 and of 5 February 2008 by which the Council of the European Union refused to promote Mr Stols to grade AST 11 under the 2007 promotion procedure;

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

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¹ - OJ C 183, 19.07.08, p. 34.