Kivikoski and Others v Council

Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition)30 April 2025 (*)( Civil service – Officials – Promotion – 2022 promotion exercise – Decision not to promote the applicant to grade AST 8 – Action for annulment – Interest in bringing proceedings – Demonstration of the prospect of promotion – Admissibility – Article 6(2) of the Staff Regulations – Guiding multiplication rates – Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations – Comparison of merits )In Case T‑202/23,Ville Kivikoski, residing in Wezembeek-Oppem (Belgium),Ottavia Maffia, residing in Brussels (Belgium),Peter Pristovnik, residing in Brussels,represented by N. de Montigny, lawyer,applicants,v Council of the European Union, represented by M. Bauer and I. Demoulin, acting as Agents,defendant,THE GENERAL COURT (Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition),composed of S. Papasavvas, President, L. Truchot, H. Kanninen, M. Sampol Pucurull and T. Perišin (Rapporteur), Judges,Registrar: L. Ramette, Administrator,having regard to the written part of the procedure,further to the hearing on 18 September 2024,gives the following Judgment 1        By their action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicants, Ville Kivikoski, Ottavia Maffia and Peter Pristovnik, seek annulment of the decision of the Council of the European Union of 13 July 2022 not to promote them to grade AST 8 under the 2022 promotion exercise (‘the decision not to promote’). Background to the dispute 2        The applicants are grade AST 7...