Judgment of the General Court of 23 November 2017 — PF v Commission

(Case T-617/16) ¹

(Civil service — Officials — Promotion — 2015 promotion exercise — Articles 43 and 45(1) of the Staff Regulations — Duty to provide a statement of reasons — Consideration of comparative merits — Use of languages in the context of the duties performed by administrators assigned to linguistic duties and by administrators assigned to non-linguistic duties — Legitimate absences — Manifest error of assessment)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: PF (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Berscheid and C. Berardis-Kayser, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the Commission’s decision not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 8 in the 2015 promotion exercise.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders PF to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 371, 10.10.2016 (Case initially registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal as Case F-47/16 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1 September 2016).