awarded the prize for biology in the concours général

When applying to enter open competition EPSO/AD/130/08 (‘the competition’), candidates were required to choose between the ‘Court of Justice’ channel, where the number of successful candidates was limited to 25, and the ‘Parliament, Council’ channel, where the number of successful candidates was limited to 14.

In offering a number of members of staff who had successfully participated in internal selection procedures a temporary staff contract of indefinite duration, containing a termination clause applicable only where the members of staff concerned are not included on a reserve list drawn up following an open competition, thus giving a clear commitment to maintaining the persons concerned permanently within the institution provided that they appear on such a reserve list, and then limiting the number of successful candidates on the lists of suitable candidates drawn up following two competitions — open competitions, moreover — to the precise ...[+++]number of posts to be filled, the institution radically and objectively reduces the chances for the members of staff concerned, taken together, to avoid the application of the termination clause and, accordingly, renders the scope of its contractual commitments towards its temporary staff meaningless in part.

Born 1968; law studies (Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris); management studies (Université Paris-Dauphine); College of Europe (1992); entrance examination for the Centre régional de formation à la profession d'avocat (Regional training centre for the Bar), Paris; certificate of admission to the Brussels Bar; practice as an avocat in Brussels; successful candidate in an open competition for the Commission of the European Communities; Legal Secretary at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Chambers of the Presidents Mr Saggio (1996-1998) and Mr Vesterdorf (1998-2002)); Head of Chambers of the President of the Co ...[+++]urt of First Instance (2003-2005); Registrar of the General Court since 6 October 2005.

While both EPSO and the Institutions would have been delighted to have seen a larger number of successful candidates, there is general satisfaction with the way the competitions have run.