Appeal brought on 19 December 2008 by Bart Nijs against the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal delivered on 9 October 2008 in Case F-49/06, Nijs v Court of Auditors
(Case T-567/08 P)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Appellant: Bart Nijs (Bereldange, Luxembourg) (represented by F. Rollinger, lawyer)
Other party to the proceedings: Court of Auditors of the European Communities
Form of order sought by the appellant
declare the appeal admissible ;
declare the appeal founded;
accordingly, annul the order of 9 October 2008 in Case F-5/07 Bart Nijs v Court of Auditors of the European Communities.
Pleas in law and main arguments
By this appeal, the applicant seeks annulment the judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (the Tribunal) of 9 October 2008 in Case F-49/06 Nijs v Court of Auditors dismissing, as partially inadmissible and partially unfounded, the action for, first, annulment of the decision not to promote the applicant to grade A*11 for the 2005 promotion procedure and, second, damages.
In support of his appeal, the applicant puts forward four grounds of appeal:
distortion of the application and the reply inasmuch as the judgment under appeal replaces a plea alleging that there was no decision by the appointing authority, implying a total lack of motivation, by a completely different plea ;
disregard and/or distortion of the evidence, the Tribunal having excluded it;
wrong attribution of the burden of proof inasmuch as the Tribunal should have required proof of the defendant's allegations;
breach of the principle of the presumption of innocence concerning the order that the appellant pay the costs at first instance.
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