Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 28 May 2004 by José Félix Merladet against the Commission of the European Communities

(Case T-198/04)

Language of the case: French

An action against the Commission of the European Communities was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 28 May 2004 by José Félix Merladet, resident in Overijse (Belgium), represented by N. Lhoëst, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

-    declare void the applicant's career development report for the period from 1 June 2001 to 31 December 2003;

-    annul the express decision of the appointing authority of 12 February 2004 rejecting the applicant's complaint;

-    order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments:

In support of his action, the applicant relies on an irregularity in the assessment procedure. During the reference period, the applicant worked in the Commission's Delegations in New Delhi (India) and in Maputo (Mozambique) under various line managers. The applicant submits that the career development review fails to give due weight to the assessments of those managers for whom he worked longer than a month.

The applicant also relies on a manifest error of assessment and failure to state reasons.

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