Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2009 - Boudova and Others v Commission

(Case T-271/08) 

(Appeal - Public service - Officials - Former members of the auxiliary staff - Appointment - Classification in grade - Competition published before the entry in force of the new Staff Regulations - Reclassification by another institution of its officials - Refusal to reclassify - Principle of equal treatment - Action for annulment - Non-actionable measure - Confirmatory act - Absence of new and substantive facts - Absence of excusable error - Inadmissibility)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Appellants: Stanislava Boudova (Howald, Luxembourg); Iveta Adovica (Luxembourg, Luxembourg); Juraj Kuba (Konz, Germany); Heinrihs Puciriuss (Luxembourg); Agnieszka Strzelecka (Arlon, Belgium); Izabela Szyprowska (Berbourg, Luxembourg); Timea Tibai (Luxembourg); and Birute Vaituleviciene (Luxembourg) (represented by: M.-A. Lucas, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Currall and G. Berscheid, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal against the Order of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 21 April 2008 in Case F-78/07 Boudova and Others v Commission, not yet published in the ECR, and seeking the annulment of that order.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the appeal;

Orders Stanislava Boudova, Iveta Adovica, Juraj Kuba, Heinrihs Puciriuss, Agnieszka Strzelecka, Izabela Szyprowska, Timea Tibai and Birute Vaituleviciene to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the Commission in the present proceedings.

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¹ - OJ C 260, 11.10.2008.