Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 10 July 2014 — CG v EIB

(Case F-115/11) ¹

(Civil Service — Staff of the EIB — Appointment — Post of Head of division — Appointment of a candidate other than the applicant — Irregularities in the selection procedure — Duty of impartiality on the members of the selection board — Blameworthy conduct by the president of the selection board towards the applicant — Conflict of interests — Oral presentation made by all candidates — Documents provided for the oral presentation likely to favour one of the candidates — Candidate having taken part in the drafting of the documents provided — Infringement of the principle of equal treatment — Action for annulment — Claim for compensation)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: CG (represented initially by: N. Thieltgen, lawyer, and subsequently by: J.-N. Louis and D. de Abreu Caldas, lawyers)

Defendant: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by: G. Nuvoli and T. Gilliams, acting as Agents, and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the President of the EIB not to appoint the applicant but another candidate to the post of head of a division within the EIB and a claim for damages

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of the President of the European Investment Bank of 28 July 2011 appointing Mr A. to the post of Head of the Risk Policy and Pricing Division;

Orders the European Investment Bank to pay CG the sum of EUR 25 000;

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

Orders the European Investment Bank to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by CG.

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¹ OJ C 6, 7.1.2012, p. 28.