Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2012 - Kurrer and Others v Commission
(Joined Cases T-441/10 P to T-443/10 P)
(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Appointment - Classification in grade - Transitional rules for classification in grade on recruitment - Article 5(4) of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations - Principle of equal treatment)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellants: Christian Kurrer (Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium) (Case T-441/10 P); Salvatore Magazzu (Brussels, Belgium) (Case T-442/10 P); and Stefano Sotgia (Dublin, Ireland) (Case T-443/10 P) (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall, acting as Agent); and Council of the European Union (represented by: B. Driessen and M. Simm, acting as Agents)
Re:
Three appeals brought against the judgments of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 8 July 2010 in Case F-126/06 Magazzu v Commission (not yet published in the ECR), Case F-130/06 Sotgia v Commission (not yet published in the ECR) and Case F-139/06 Kurrer v Commission (not yet published in the ECR) and seeking to have those judgments set aside.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the appeals;
Orders Mr Christian Kurrer, Mr Salvatore Magazzu and Mr Stefano Sotgia to bear their own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission in the present proceedings;
Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 328, 4.12.2010.