Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 30 September 2010 - Gudrun Schulze v European Commission
(Civil service - Officials - Appointment - Candidates placed on a reserve list prior to the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations - Transitional rules governing classification in grade at the time of recruitment - Classification in step - Article 32 of the Staff Regulations - Articles 2, 5 and 12 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations - Discrimination on grounds of age - Equal pay for work of equal value - Principle of good administration - Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Gudrun Schulze (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: initially, S. Rodrigues and A. Jaume, lawyers, and subsequently by S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and H. Krämer, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Arpio Santacruz and I. Šulce, acting as Agents)
Re:
First, annulment of the Commission's decision classifying the applicant, who was placed on a reserve list prior to the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations, under the less favourable provisions of those regulations (Article 12 of Annex XIII to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials) and, second, an application for damages
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the application;
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 193, 6.8.2005, p. 36. (Case originally registered at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities as Case T-207/05 and transferred to the European Union Civil Service Tribunal by order of 15.12.2005.)