Order of the Court of First Instance (Sixth Chamber) of 16 December 2008. – Italian Republic v European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Commission of the European Communities.

Subject of the case

Re:

ANNULMENT of Vacancy Notice No 73/07 concerning the post of Secretary-General (grade A* 16) to the EESC, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 28 December 2007 (OJ 2007 C 316 A, p. 1), and the corrigendum to that notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 30 January 2008 (OJ 2008 C 25 A, p. 21).

Operative part

1. The application is dismissed as inadmissible in so far as it is directed against the Commission.

2. The Italian Republic is ordered to pay, in addition to the costs it incurred in the context of the present action in so far as it is directed against the Commission, the costs incurred by the Commission.