JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 5 April 2005

in Case T-376/03 Michel Hendrickx v Council of the European Union (1)

(Officials - Internal competition - Non-admission to oral tests - Requirement of specific knowledge of languages - Principle of equal treatment - Access to Council documents - Obligation to state grounds)

(2005/C 143/62)

Language of the case: French

In Case T-376/03: Michel Hendrickx, official of the Council of the European Union, residing in Brussels (Belgium), represented by J.-N. Louis, S. Orlandi, A. Coolen and E. Marchal, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Council of the European Union (Agents: M. Sims and F. Anton) — application, first, for annulment of the decision of the Selection Board in competition Council/A/270 to award the applicant a disqualifying mark for written test A.3 and not to admit him to the oral tests and, second, for an order requiring the Council to pay token compensation of EUR 1 for non-material damage suffered — the Court of First Instance (First Chamber), composed of J.D. Cooke, President, R. Garcia-Valdecasas and I. Labucka, Judges; I. Natsinas, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 5 April 2005, in which it:

(1)  OJ C 21 of 24.1.2004.