Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Third Chamber) of 25 March 2004. # José Barbosa Gonçalves v Commission of the European Communities. # Officials - Action - Application for compensation brought without recourse to the pre-litigation procedure prescribed by the Staff Regulations - Admissibility. # Case T-238/02.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Third Chamber)

25 March 2004

Case T-238/02

José Barbosa Gonçalves

v

Commission of the European Communities

(Officials – Action – Application for compensation brought without recourse to the pre-litigation procedure prescribed by the Staff Regulations – Admissibility)

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Application:         for compensation for material and non-material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of the failure to admit him to the written tests in competition COM/A/6/01.

Held:         The application is dismissed as inadmissible. The parties are ordered to bear their own costs.

Summary

Officials – Appeals – Action for compensation introduced without a prior administrative procedure in accordance with the Staff Regulations – Inadmissibility

(Staff Regulations, Arts 90 and 91)