Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2021 – Simpson v Council

(Case T-646/16 P-RENV-RX) ¹

(Appeal – Civil service – Officials – Refusal of the Council to reclassify the person concerned, after he passed an open competition, at the grade laid down in the competition notice – Dismissal of the action on the merits – Appeal – Judgment set aside – Appeal judgment reviewed by the Court of Justice and set aside – Referral back to the General Court as the appeal court – Obligation to state grounds – Equal treatment)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: Erik Simpson (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)

Other party to the proceedings: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and R. Meyer, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the order of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 24 June 2016, Simpson v Council (F-142/11 RENV, EU:F:2016:136), and seeking to have that order set aside.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the appeal;

Declares that Mr Erik Simpson is to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union in Case T-646/16 P;

Declares that each party is to bear its own costs in Cases T-441/18 RENV and T-646/16 P-RENV-RX.

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¹ OJ C 419, 14.11.2016.