Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 22 April 2003 by Robert Charles Schochaert against the Council of the European Union.

    (Case T-136/03)

    Language of the Case: French

An action against the Council of the European Union was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 22 April 2003 by Robert Charles Schochaert, residing in Brussels, represented by Jean A. Martin, avocat.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(order the Council to pay to the applicant EUR 225 702.94 by way of compensation, and order it to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments:

The applicant, a former Council official, seeks by way of the present action to recover compensation in respect of the damage which he claims to have suffered through the defendant's refusal to promote him to Grade B 1 during the course of promotions from 1978 to 2000.

The applicant contends that the defendant has refused, since 1978, to promote him on the ground that his duties did not involve the exercise of responsibilities justifying promotion vis-à-vis other candidates for such promotion, this being a ground which, in the applicant's view, is unlawful and amounts to a misuse of power for which the Council must incur liability.

The applicant further alleges that he has been the victim of exclusion and non-physical harassment by a number of his hierarchical superiors.

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