Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Plenary session) of 26 April 2006 - Falcione v Commission
(Officials - Appointment - Classification in the higher career grade - Articles 5 and 31(2) of the Staff Regulations - Costs - Article 7(5) of Annex I to the Statute of the Court of Justice and Article 88 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Nicola Falcione (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Orlandi, X. Martin, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and E. Marchal, lawyers)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: V. Joris and K. Hermann, acting as Agents)
Re:
Annulment of the decision of 24 March 2004 by which the Commission of the European Communities fixed the applicant's definitive grade, after recruitment, at grade A5, step 4
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the application;
Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 143, 11.6.2005 (case initially registered before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities under number T-132/05 and transferred to the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union by Order of 15.12.2005).