Notice for the OJ

 

Action brought on 18 January 2002 by Marie-Claude Girardot against Commission of the European Communities

    (Case T-10/02)

    (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 18 January 2002 by Marie-Claude Girardot, residing in Brussels, represented by Nicolas Lhoëst, avocat, with an address for service in Luxembourg.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

(annul the decision of the Commission of 13 March 2001 rejecting the applicant's candidature in respect of COM/R/502310/2001, COM/R/502253/2001, COM/R/508026/2001, COM/R/502529/2001, COM/R/506004/2001, COM/R/502059/2001 and COM/R/502105/2001, published in the Spécial Recherche vacancy notice of 12 February 2001;

(annul the decision of the Commission of 15 March 2001 rejecting the applicant's candidature in respect of COM/2001/CCR16/R, published in the Spécial CCR vacancy notice of 9 February 2001;

(annul the appointments made to the abovementioned posts;

(order the defendant to pay all the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

According to the applicant, the Commission added a new condition for the admission of candidates to posts, refusing her candidature on the ground that the post is only available to staff covered by the Staff Regulations. Since that condition does not appear in the vacancy notices, the applicant submits that it infringes the terms of those notices and alleges infringement of Articles 4 and 29 of the Staff Regulations inasmuch as the Commission has not organised a competition for those posts. The applicant also alleges manifest error of assessment and infringement of Article 27 of the Staff Regulations in that the Commission did not take account of the applicant's qualifications. Finally, the applicant claims that a statement of reasons has not been provided for the contested decisions.

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