25The Parliament maintains that the applicant's merits underwent proper and thorough comparative consideration. It claims that the merits of the officials who were promoted following that consideration were superior to those of the other candidates, including the applicant. Moreover, the applicant does not adduce any evidence to demonstrate that the appointing authority made a manifest error of assessment (Case T-143/98Cendrowicz v Commission [1999] ECR-SC I-A-273 and II-1341, paragraphs 60 to 67).