11.12.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 424/33
Judgment of the General Court of 26 October 2017 — Paraskevaidis v Cedefop.
(Case T-601/16) (1)
((Civil Service - Officials - Cedefop - Promotion - 2015 Promotion exercise - Decision not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 12 - Articles 44 and 45 of the Staff Regulations - Comparison of the merits - Duty to state reasons - Implied rejection of the complaint - Liability))
(2017/C 424/47)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Georges Paraskevaidis (Auderghem, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)
Defendant: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (represented by: M. Fuchs, Agent, and A. Duron, lawyer)
Re:
Application brought under Article 270 TFEU for, first, the annulment of the decision of the director of Cedefop of 4 November 2015 not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 12 in the 2015 promotion exercise and, second, compensation for the harm the applicant allegedly suffered as a result of that decision.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) of 4 November 2015 not to promote the applicant to Grade AD 12 in the 2015 promotion exercise;
2.
Orders Cedefop to pay Mr Paraskevaidis EUR 2 000 as compensation for the damage he suffered
3.
Dismisses the action for the remainder.
4.
Orders Cedefop to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 296 of 16 August 2016 (case initially registered with the European Union Civil Service Tribunal under number F-31/16 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1 September 2016).