Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 – Carbajo Ferrero v Parliament

(Case T-670/19) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Procedure of appointment to a director’s post – Notice of vacancy – Rejection of the applicant’s application and appointment of another applicant – Obligation to state reasons –Plea of illegality in respect of the measures setting the internal rules of procedure –Irregularity of the recruitment procedure – Manifest error of assessment – Inaccuracy of the information sent to the Appointing Authority – Transparency – Equal treatment – Liability – Material and non-material damage)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Fernando Carbajo Ferrero (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: I. Terwinghe and C. González Argüelles, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 for, first, annulment of the decision of the Parliament of 10 December 2018 rejecting the applicant’s application and appointing another applicant to the post of director for media in the Directorate-General for Communication, and, secondly, for compensation for the damage the applicant allegedly suffered owing to that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 10 December 2018 rejecting the applicant’s application and appointing another applicant to the post of director for media in the Directorate-General for Communication;

Orders Parliament to pay the sum of EUR 40 000 to the applicant in compensation for material damage;

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

Orders the Parliament to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 399, 25.11.2019.