Case F-125/15: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 21 July 2016 — HB v Commission (Civil service — Officials — 2014 promotion exercise — Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations — Comparison of the merits — 2011 and 2012 staff reports — Absence of several months due to maternity leave in 2013 — Staff report lacking any substantive assessment for the year in question — Decision not to promote the applicant in 2014 — Duty to provide a statement of reasons — Consideration of the comparative merits — No recommendation from the Joint Promotion Committee — Access to the applicant’s individual computerised file — Composition of the Joint Promotion Committee — Discrimination based on gender — Non-material damage)
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Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 21 July 2016 — HB v Commission
(Case F-125/15) ( 1 )
‛(Civil service — Officials — 2014 promotion exercise — Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations — Comparison of the merits — 2011 and 2012 staff reports — Absence of several months due to maternity leave in 2013 — Staff report lacking any substantive assessment for the year in question — Decision not to promote the applicant in 2014 — Duty to provide a statement of reasons — Consideration of the comparative merits — No recommendation from the Joint Promotion Committee — Access to the applicant’s individual computerised file — Composition of the Joint Promotion Committee — Discrimination based on gender — Non-material damage)’2016/C 364/43Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: HB (represented by: S. Orlandi and T. Martin, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Berardis-Kayser and G. Berscheid, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission’s decision not to promote the applicant to grade AD 8 in the 2014 promotion exercise and compensation for the non-material damage which the applicant claims to have suffered.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders HB to bear half of her own costs;
3.
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay half of HB’s costs.
( 1 ) OJ C 398, 30/11/2015, p. 80.
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