Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 – RA v Court of Auditors

(Case T-867/19) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Promotion – 2016 promotion exercise – Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AD 11 – Absence of staff report – Comparison of merits – Compliance with a judgment of the General Court – Adoption of a new decision not to promote – Obligation to state reasons – Article 45 of the Staff Regulations – Manifest error of assessment)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: RA (represented by: S. Orlandi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Court of Auditors (represented by: C. Lesauvage and A.-M. Feipel Cosciug, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of 27 February 2019 by which the Court of Auditors decided not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 11 and, second, compensation for the damage which the applicant allegedly suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders RA to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 68, 2.3.2020.