Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on14 January 2004 by Georges Martins against Commission of the European Communities

    (Case T-11/04)

    (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 14 January 2004 by Georges Martins, residing in Brussels, represented by Sébastien Orlandi, Albert Coolen, Jean-Noël Louis and Etienne Marchal, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

-    Annul the Commission's decision of 14 April 2003 in so far as it:

    -    revises and fixes, with effect from 1 June 1991, the applicant's classification on recruitment in Grade A 6, Step 1;

    -    revises and fixes, with effect from 1 April 2000, his classification in Grade A 5, Step 3;

    -    limits the pecuniary effects to 5 October 1005;

-    Order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant was classified in Grade A 7, Step 3, upon entering the service in June 1991 with the Economic and Social Committee and was transferred to the Commission on 1 November 1992. On 31 July 2002, the appointing authority of the Economic and Social Committee revised and fixed his recruitment on classification in Grade A 6, Step 1.

In the applicant's submission, the Commission was therefore required to take the measures to implement that decision with effect from 1 November 1992, the date on which he was transferred to its services, and also to reconstruct his career; as it has failed to do so, it has infringed Articles 62 and 45 of the Staff Regulations and also the principle that an official is entitled to reasonable career prospects.

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