Judgment No. 2336

• Organization: European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)
• Date: 14.07.2004
• Original: French
• Judges: Gentot, Egli, Ba
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. The Director General's decision of 14 November 2002 is set aside.
2. The selection procedure is to be resumed as indicated under 4.
3. Eurocontrol shall pay the complainant the sum of 2,000 euros in costs.
4. All other claims are dismissed.

Consideration 4

Extract:

"[T]he publication of the internal invitation for candidature presuppose[s] that the procedure for selecting candidates [...] be conducted in compliance with the general principles recalled in the case law and with rules established prior to the invitation for candidature and known to the candidates, such rules being designed to guarantee objectivity and transparency in order to ensure that all candidates stand the same chances."

Keywords

case law; general principle; equal treatment; duty to inform; written rule; competition; internal candidate; internal competition; vacancy notice