Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 25 August 2003 by Jean-Louis Gibault against the Commission of the European Communities

    (Case T-294/03)

    Language of the case: English

An action against the Commission of the European Communities was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 25 August 2003 by Jean-Louis Gibault, Wattrelos, (France), represented by Mr F. Tuytschaever, lawyer.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

- Annul the open competition COM/A/6/01 in the field of external relations or, in a subsidiary way, annul the decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the list of successful candidates

listnum "WP List 1" \l 1order the defendant bear the applicant's costs

                                

Pleas in law and main arguments:

In support of his application the applicant invokes an alleged violation by the Appointing Authority of the duty to give reasons, as well as of the principle of equal treatment and more specifically the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of nationality (Article 27 of the Staff Regulations). In the context of this latter plea the applicant claims that there are excessive nationality imbalances between German nationals and nationals of other Member States in the total number of successful candidates. According to the applicant, these imbalances could only have resulted from the fact that the nature and the institutional settings of the examination were such as to favour German nationals and to put nationals of other member States at a disadvantage.

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