Judgment of the General Court of 20 October 2021 – YG v Commission

(Case T-599/20) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Promotion – 2019 promotion exercise – Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AST 9 – Article 45 of the Staff Regulations – Comparison of merits – Manifest error of assessment – Duty to state reasons)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: YG (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Champetier, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: L. Hohenecker, L. Radu Bouyon and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment of the Commission’s decision of 14 November 2019 not to promote the applicant to grade AST 9 in the 2019 promotion exercise.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders YG to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 423, 7.12.2020.