Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) 16 June 2000

In Case T-84/98,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (First Chamber), composed of: B. Vesterdorf, President, M. Vilaras and N. Forwood, Judges, Registrar: H. Jung,

having regard to the written procedure and following the oral procedure of 22 March 2000,

gives the following

Judgment

Facts

Forms of order sought by the parties

The claim for annulment of Council Decision No 677/97

The first plea: breach of essential procedural requirements

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Court

The second plea: lack of competence

Arguments of the parties

— The appointing authority's power to refer a case to the Invalidity Committee

— No medical basis for the contested decision

— Divergence between the findings of the Invalidity Committee and the contested decision

Findings of the Court

Third plea: misuse of powers

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Court

The applicant's other claims for annulment

The claims for compensation for material and non-material damage allegedly suffered

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Court

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.