Action brought on 16 December 2003 by Angelo Wille against European Parliament

(Case T-412/03)

(2004/C 94/125)

Language of the case: German

An action against the European Parliament was brought before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 16 December 2003 by Angelo Wille, residing in Brussels, represented by D. Rogalla, lawyer.

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Pleas in law and main arguments:

The applicant challenges the decisions of the Parliament refusing to admit him to competition EUR/A/167/02. The refusal was based on the ground that the applicant had not completed a period of at least two years' professional experience after qualifying as a lawyer.

The applicant claims that the refusal is unlawful, as his application had complied with all time-limits and formal requirements, and as he had also met all other relevant general and particular conditions. He had completed his legal training and had the necessary professional experience. The decisions were unlawful because they were based on an erroneous interpretation by the defendant of the conditions set out in the notice. It was contrary to the wording of the notice and the prohibition on discrimination on grounds of nationality under Article 12 EC to treat university final examinations and the second state examination [Staatsexamen] as being equivalent. No higher standards should be imposed on German lawyers than on graduates from other Member States.