Judgment of the General Court of 13 March 2024 – QN v Commission

(Case T-531/21) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Promotion – 2020 promotion exercise – Decision not to promote the applicant – Article 45 of the Staff Regulations – Consideration of comparative merits – Equal treatment – Manifest error of assessment – Obligation to state reasons – Liability)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: QN (represented by: L. Levi and N. Flandin, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: M. Brauhoff and L. Hohenecker, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of the European Commission’s decision not to include his name on the list, published on 12 November 2020, of officials promoted in the 2020 promotion exercise and, secondly, compensation in respect of the harm he claims to have suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders QN to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 462, 15.11.2021.