Judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) 11 December 2014

In Case F‑103/13, ACTION brought under Article 270 TFEU,

THE CIVIL SERVICE TRIBUNAL (Third Chamber), composed of R. Barents, acting as President, K. Bradley (Rapporteur) and J. Svenningsen, Judges, Registrar: P. Cullen, Administrator,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 2 July 2014,

gives the following

Judgment

Legal context

Background to the dispute

Forms of order sought

Law

1. Admissibility of the action and its subject-matter

Applicant’s legal interest in bringing proceedings

The subject-matter of the application for annulment

2. Merits

The first plea, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons and of the rights of defence

The second plea, alleging a manifest error of assessment

The first part of the second plea

– Arguments of the parties

– Findings of the Tribunal

The second part of the second plea

– Arguments of the parties

– Findings of the Tribunal

The third part of the second plea

– Arguments of the parties

– Findings of the Tribunal

The third plea, alleging procedural irregularities relating to the adoption of the contested evaluation report

Arguments of the parties

Findings of the Tribunal

Costs

1 Language of the case: English.