Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 15 April 2003 by Paola Casini against the Commission of the European Communities

    (Case T-132/03)

    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 15 April 2003 by Paola Casini, residing in Brussels, represented by Georges Vandersanden, avocat.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(order the list of officials promoted to Grade A 6 which was published on 18 August 2002 to be annulled in so far as the applicant's name is not included on that list;

(order compensation to be paid to the applicant in respect of the material and non-material damage which she has suffered, provisionally estimated at a total of EUR 20 000, in respect of which the material damage relates to the financial readjustment of the applicant's salary to correspond to Grade A 6 from the date of publication of the list of those promoted (increased by default interest fixed at 7% per annum);

(order the defendant to pay all of the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments:

In support of her action, the applicant pleads failure to state reasons, breach of Article 45 of the Staff Regulations and infringement of the principle of non-discrimination, manifest errors of assessment, breach of the duty of care and infringement of the principle of sound administration, infringement of the principle of equality of opportunity and, finally, misuse of powers.

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