# Official Journal C 184A/27 J

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4827 July 2005 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 184A

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4827 July 2005

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| | European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) |
| 2005/C 184A/2 | Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/31/05 to constitute a reserve pool of lawyer linguists (AD6) having as their main language English | 3 |

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III   Notices

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

2005/C 184A/2

Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/31/05 to constitute a reserve pool of lawyer linguists (AD6) having as their main language English

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III Notices

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

| 27.7.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CA 184/3 |
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27.7.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

CA 184/3

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NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION EPSO/AD/31/05

(2005/C 184 A/01)

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising an open competition, based on qualifications and tests, to establish a reserve pool from which to recruit

LAWYER‐LINGUISTS (AD6)

having as their main language

ENGLISH

CONTENTS

| A. | DUTIES AND ELIGIBILITY (PROFILE OF APPLICANTS) |
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| B. | THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE COMPETITION |
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| C. | HOW TO APPLY |
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C.

| D. | GENERAL INFORMATION |
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D.

| ANNEX: | Requests for decisions to be reconsidered — Appeal procedures — Complaints to the European Ombudsman |
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ANNEX:

The European Union institutions apply a policy of equal opportunities and accept applications without distinction on grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic characteristics, language, religious, political or other convictions or opinions, belonging to a national minority, financial situation, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.

A.   DUTIES AND ELIGIBILITY

Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05 is being held to recruit lawyer‐linguists who have English as their main language.

The competition will be used to draw up a reserve list from which to fill vacant posts within the European Union institutions, notably the European Court of Justice.

Number of successful candidates: 35.

EPSO is publishing the following notices of open competitions in parallel:

EPSO/AD/31/05 lawyer-linguists having as their main language English

EPSO/AD/30/05 lawyer-linguists having as their main language Czech

EPSO/AD/32/05 lawyer-linguists having as their main language Portuguese

Please note that the tests for the above competitions may be held simultaneously. You may therefore apply for one of these competitions only. You must choose which one when you register online, and cannot change your choice after the closing date for inscription.

I.   DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE POST

| — | Translating legal texts into English from at least two of the official languages of the European Union and/or revising such texts. |
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Translating legal texts into English from at least two of the official languages of the European Union and/or revising such texts.

| — | Checking the English version of legislative texts (already translated and revised) for linguistic and legal consistency with the other language versions. Checking their drafting and compliance with formal presentational rules. Participation in other work of the service concerned. |
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Checking the English version of legislative texts (already translated and revised) for linguistic and legal consistency with the other language versions. Checking their drafting and compliance with formal presentational rules. Participation in other work of the service concerned.

The European Union institutions recruit highly qualified lawyers who have the capacity to adapt throughout their career. Candidates to this competition must be able to translate often complex legal texts into English from at least two languages.

The work will involve regular use of computers and other office technology.

The European Institutions place particular importance on the ability of candidates to grasp problems of all kinds, often complex in nature, to react rapidly to changing circumstances and to communicate effectively. You will have to show initiative and imagination and be highly motivated. You should be able to work frequently under pressure, both on your own and in a team, and to adjust to a multicultural working environment. You should be prepared to develop your professional skills throughout your career.

II.   ELIGIBILITY (PROFILE SOUGHT) (1)

You may apply for the competition if on the closing date for online inscription and submission of paper applications (see section C) you meet the following requirements:

1.   Qualifications

You must have successfully completed a suitable course in law, i.e. hold a degree in law attesting completion of at least three years' university study, or its equivalent, awarded in the United Kingdom or Ireland, or have qualified as a barrister, advocate or solicitor in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

2.   Professional experience

Since completing the above course, you will have had at least two years' full‐time professional experience.

3.   Language knowledge
   (2)

| (a) | have a perfect command of English — language 1; |
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(a)

have a perfect command of English — language 1;

| (b) | have a thorough knowledge of French — language 2; |
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(b)

have a thorough knowledge of French — language 2;

| (c) | have a thorough knowledge of another language (language 3) from among the remaining official languages of the European Union other than languages 1 and 2: (Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish). |
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have a thorough knowledge of another language (language 3) from among the remaining official languages of the European Union other than languages 1 and 2: (Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish).

Optional tests:

| (d) | Candidates will note that for optional test (d), they must have another language (language 4) from amongst those listed above and different from languages 1, 2 and 3. |
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(d)

Candidates will note that for optional test (d), they must have another language (language 4) from amongst those listed above and different from languages 1, 2 and 3.

EPSO's communications to candidates for this competition will be in English.

You must state in the online inscription form
   (3)
  and the paper application, which languages you choose for each of the different tests. Should there be a difference between the information provided in the online inscription form and that given in the paper application form, EPSO will consider the latter as definitive.

4.   General requirements

| — | You must be a citizen of one of the Member States of the European Union. |
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You must be a citizen of one of the Member States of the European Union.

| — | You must be entitled to your full rights as a citizen. |
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You must be entitled to your full rights as a citizen.

| — | You must have fulfilled any obligations imposed on you by the laws concerning military service. |
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You must have fulfilled any obligations imposed on you by the laws concerning military service.

| — | You must meet the character requirements for the duties involved. |
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You must meet the character requirements for the duties involved.

B.   THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE COMPETITION

1.   Admission to the competition

| (a) | The appointing authority will draw up a list of candidates who meet the general requirements set out at A.II.4 above and send it to the Chairman of the selection board together with their application files. |
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(a)

The appointing authority will draw up a list of candidates who meet the general requirements set out at A.II.4 above and send it to the Chairman of the selection board together with their application files.

| (b) | After consulting these, the selection board will draw up a list of candidates who meet the specific requirements set out at A.II.1, 2 and 3 above and can therefore be admitted to the competition. |
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(b)

After consulting these, the selection board will draw up a list of candidates who meet the specific requirements set out at A.II.1, 2 and 3 above and can therefore be admitted to the competition.

2.   Selection on the basis of qualifications

After setting the criteria it will use, the selection board scrutinises the qualifications of all the candidates admitted to the competition and decides who will be admitted to the tests.

This selection is made by the board on the basis of the supporting documents provided by candidates on the closing date for applications and on the information in their curriculum vitae.

You should therefore include in your file a copy of all the supporting documents the selection board requires to enable them to examine your application, otherwise you will not be admitted to the tests.

3.   Compulsory written tests — Marking

| (a) | Translation into English (language 1), without a dictionary, of a legal text in French (language 2).
  This test is marked out of 40 (pass-mark: 20).
  (Time allowed: two and a half hours) |
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(a)

Translation into English (language 1), without a dictionary, of a legal text in French (language 2).

This test is marked out of 40 (pass-mark: 20).

(Time allowed: two and a half hours)

| (b) | Translation into English (language 1), without a dictionary, of a legal text in one of the languages (language 3) you choose from those listed at section A.II.3(c).
  This test is marked out of 40 (pass-mark: 20).
  (Time allowed: two and a half hours)
  Test (b) will only be marked if you obtain the pass-mark for test (a). |
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(b)

Translation into English (language 1), without a dictionary, of a legal text in one of the languages (language 3) you choose from those listed at section A.II.3(c).

This test is marked out of 40 (pass-mark: 20).

(Time allowed: two and a half hours)

Test (b) will only be marked if you obtain the pass-mark for test (a).

| (c) | Revision of a legal text translated into English from French.
  This test is marked out of 20.
  (Time allowed: one and a half hours)
  Test (c) will only be marked if you obtain the pass-mark for tests (a) and (b). |
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(c)

Revision of a legal text translated into English from French.

This test is marked out of 20.

(Time allowed: one and a half hours)

Test (c) will only be marked if you obtain the pass-mark for tests (a) and (b).

4.   Optional tests

These tests enable candidates to display the full range of their language knowledge. They will not be taken into account by the selection board when it decides who will be on the reserve list and their ranking within it. Their purpose is to help the institutions make the best use of the list when recruiting from it. You may
  choose one or more of the following tests.

| (d) | Translation into English (language 1), without a dictionary, of a legal text in one of the official languages of the European Union (language 4), at the choice of the candidate, but different from those chosen for tests B.3(a) and (b).
  (Time allowed: one hour) |
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(d)

Translation into English (language 1), without a dictionary, of a legal text in one of the official languages of the European Union (language 4), at the choice of the candidate, but different from those chosen for tests B.3(a) and (b).

(Time allowed: one hour)

| (e) | Translation into French (language 2), with a (non‐electronic) dictionary, of a legal text in English (language 1).
  (Time allowed: one hour) |
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(e)

Translation into French (language 2), with a (non‐electronic) dictionary, of a legal text in English (language 1).

(Time allowed: one hour)

| (f) | Essay, in English (language 1) on a subject selected by the candidate from a number of general subjects in areas relevant to the European Union.
  (Time allowed: one hour)
  Each of these tests will be marked out of 20. |
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(f)

Essay, in English (language 1) on a subject selected by the candidate from a number of general subjects in areas relevant to the European Union.

(Time allowed: one hour)

Each of these tests will be marked out of 20.

They may be held at the same time as the compulsory tests, but will be marked only for candidates placed on the reserve list.

5.   Compulsory oral test — Marking

If you obtain the pass mark for the compulsory written tests (a) and (b) you will be admitted to the compulsory oral test (g).

| (g) | Interview with the selection board in English to enable it to assess:






  — | your professional experience and general and legal knowledge. At this point, the board may take into account knowledge of languages other than those used in the written tests, |
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(g)

Interview with the selection board in English to enable it to assess:

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your professional experience and general and legal knowledge. At this point, the board may take into account knowledge of languages other than those used in the written tests,

| — | your motivation and ability to adjust as a European civil servant in a multicultural working environment. |
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your motivation and ability to adjust as a European civil servant in a multicultural working environment.

This test will be marked out of 30 (pass-mark: 15)

6.   Date of the tests

The written tests will be held at the same time for all candidates at one or more centres in the European Union. The date for the tests will be scheduled by the European Personnel Selection Office and cannot be changed at a candidate's request. Candidates will be informed in their letter of invitation to the tests via their EPSO profile.

7.   Reserve list

The selection board will draw up the list of successful candidates (see section A for number). This will be divided into a maximum of four merit groups with the names in each listed in alphabetical order. It will contain the names of those candidates (4) who obtained the best total marks from the written and oral tests and a pass-mark where indicated.

The list of successful candidates and its' expiry date will be published (5) in the Official Journal of the European Union as well as on the EPSO website (6).

C.   HOW TO APPLY

Please refer to the Guide for Applicants (1) on the EPSO website (6) which contains detailed instructions on how to submit your application correctly.

1.   Creation of an EPSO profile/online inscription

Before registering, you should carefully check whether you meet all the eligibility criteria (see section A, particularly concerning the types of diploma and professional experience required).

If you want to apply, you must do so via the Internet by going to the EPSO website (6) and following the instructions there on the various stages of the procedure.

It is your responsibility to complete your online inscription in time
   (7). We strongly advise you not to wait until the last few days before applying, since heavy Internet traffic or a fault with your Internet connection could lead to the online inscription being terminated before you have completed it, thereby obliging you to repeat the whole process and once the deadline has passed, you will not be able to do so.

On completion of your online inscription, you will receive, on screen, a number which you must note, this will be your reference number for your application. Once you receive this number, the process is finished; it is the confirmation that we have registered the data you entered.

If you do not receive a number, your inscription has not been registered!

Please note that you must have an e‐mail address. This will be used to identify you. The information you must enter includes the languages you choose (see A.II.3), the details of your qualifications (title, name of issuing establishment, date obtained) and your professional experience.

Once registered, you must use the website (6) (click on ‘Ongoing competitions’) to follow the progress of the competition.

If you have a disability that prevents you from sending an online application, you may request, preferably by fax

   (8), a paper version of the form, which you should complete and return by registered mail, postmarked no later than the closing date. All subsequent communication between EPSO and yourself will be by post.

You must enclose with your application form a certificate attesting your disability issued by a recognised body. You should also set out on a separate sheet of paper any special arrangements you think are needed to make it easier for you to take part in the tests.

The closing date for inscription is 22 September 2005. Online inscription will not be possible after 12.00 noon Brussels time on that day.

Information on inscriptions and invitations to attend the written and oral tests will be available only on the EPSO website (6). You can access it using your username and the password you specify when making your online inscription. You are responsible for updating any change, via your EPSO profile, in your postal or e‐mail address.

You are responsible for keeping track of the progress of the competition, i.e. ensuring that for each stage you can, by using your password, access the information relevant to yourself. If you find that you cannot do this, it is your responsibility to notify EPSO immediately by e-mail (9).

You will be asked to sit the written tests at the test centre which is considered closest to the address given at the time of online inscription. For organisational reasons you will not be able to switch to another venue unless you can prove that you have changed residence and have informed EPSO of this no later than three weeks before the planned date of the written tests.

In principle the oral test will take place in Brussels or Luxembourg.

2.   Postal applications

In addition to applying online, print out and complete the application form on the EPSO website (6) and send it to EPSO by the closing date (10).

Documents to enclose with the application form

| — | detailed curriculum vitae, |
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detailed curriculum vitae,

| — | a document proving your citizenship (e.g. passport), |
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a document proving your citizenship (e.g. passport),

| — | copy of diploma(s)/training certifying your studies, |
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copy of diploma(s)/training certifying your studies,

| — | evidence of professional experience clearly indicating the starting and finishing dates and the exact nature of the duties carried out; more precise instructions on how to present your professional experience will be sent to you via your EPSO profile, |
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evidence of professional experience clearly indicating the starting and finishing dates and the exact nature of the duties carried out; more precise instructions on how to present your professional experience will be sent to you via your EPSO profile,

| — | a numbered annex of the above documents. |
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a numbered annex of the above documents.

You should send only unauthenticated photocopies of these documents.

You must make a full application, i.e. you may not simply refer to any previous applications or to documents enclosed with these. None of the documents submitted with your application will be returned.

Signing and sending the form

It is your responsibility to ensure that your application form, completed, signed and accompanied by all the supporting documents, is sent by the closing date
   (10), by registered post (the postmark serving as proof of the time of posting) to the following address:

| European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) |
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| Avenue de Cortenbergh, 80 |
| Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05 |
| B-1049 Brussels |

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

Mail Unit

Avenue de Cortenbergh, 80

Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05

B-1049 Brussels

| — | have posted your paper application after the closing date (10), |
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have posted your paper application after the closing date (10),

| — | have not completed and/or signed the paper application form, (original signature only), |
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have not completed and/or signed the paper application form, (original signature only),

| — | do not meet all the eligibility criteria, |
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do not meet all the eligibility criteria,

| — | have not sent all the supporting documents by the closing date (10). |
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have not sent all the supporting documents by the closing date (10).

3.   Reserve list

The names of the successful candidates (see B.7) will be placed on the reserve list.

| 4. | If, at any stage in the procedure it is established that the information in your online inscription or paper application form is incorrect, you will be disqualified from the competition. |
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| 5. | To facilitate the administration of the competition, in all correspondence
  YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AS IN YOUR APPLICATION, THE COMPETITION NUMBER TOGETHER WITH THE REFERENCE NUMBER YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU APPLY ONLINE
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To facilitate the administration of the competition, in all correspondence
  YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AS IN YOUR APPLICATION, THE COMPETITION NUMBER TOGETHER WITH THE REFERENCE NUMBER YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU APPLY ONLINE
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D.   GENERAL INFORMATION

1.   Equal opportunities

The European Union institutions apply an equal opportunities policy and accept applications without distinction on grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic characteristics, language, religious, political or other convictions or opinions, belonging to a national minority, financial situation, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.

2.   Selection board

A selection board is appointed for each competition. It is made up of both representatives from the administration and representatives from the institutions' Staff Committee. The names of its members will be published on the EPSO website (6) approximately two weeks before the tests.

You are strictly forbidden to make any contact with the members of the selection board, either directly or indirectly. Any infringement of this rule will disqualify you from the competition.

Your sole contact for all information on the competition throughout the whole process will be EPSO.

3.   Indicative timetable

Depending on the total number of candidates, the competition will take approximately nine months from start to finish, beginning on the closing date for online inscription.

Full details are available on the EPSO website (6).

4.   Candidates' requests for information regarding their applications

The candidates' right to have access to information concerning their applications within the context of selection procedures is recognised under the conditions indicated hereafter. The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) may provide a candidate, on his/her request, with extra information concerning the candidate's participation in an open competition. The requests for information should be addressed in writing to EPSO within one month following notification of the results obtained in the competition. EPSO will reply within one month following receipt of the request. All requests will be dealt with whilst respecting the secret nature of the proceedings of the selection boards as provided for by the Staff Regulations (Annex III, Article 6) and in accordance with existing rules surrounding data protection in the treatment of private information on individuals. Examples of such answers to requests are laid out in the ‘Guide to Applicants’ at point III.2.

5.   Requests for applications to be reconsidered — Appeal procedures — Complaints to the European Ombudsman

See Annex.

6.   Recruitment

If you are placed on the reserve list, you may, depending on the EU institutions' recruitment needs, be offered an appointment as a probationer official in Luxembourg, Brussels or another of their places of activity.

If you are offered a post you will subsequently be asked to produce the originals of all the requisite documents such as diplomas, certificates and statements of employment so that copies can be authenticated.

Recruitment will depend on vacant posts and funds becoming available.

In view of the nature of the post, if you are successful you may be offered a temporary contract; in this case, your name will remain on the reserve list.

7.   Pension

You should note that the retirement age for staff is laid down in the Staff Regulations as follows:

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either automatically at the age of 65 years,

| — | or, at the official's own request, at the age of 63 years or where the official is between 55 and 63 years of age and satisfies, as specified in the Staff Regulations, the requirements for immediate payment of a pension, |
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or, at the official's own request, at the age of 63 years or where the official is between 55 and 63 years of age and satisfies, as specified in the Staff Regulations, the requirements for immediate payment of a pension,

| — | exceptionally, at the official's own request and where it is considered to be in the interest of the service, at the age of 67 at the latest. |
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exceptionally, at the official's own request and where it is considered to be in the interest of the service, at the age of 67 at the latest.

8.   Grade

This reserve pool of lawyer‐linguists is for the grade AD6.

9.   Remuneration

Basic monthly salary as from 1 January 2005:

grade AD6, first step: EUR 4 311,55

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(1)  http://www.europa.eu.int/epso/on-line-applications/guide_en.htm.

(2)  Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 401/2004 states that ‘until 31 December 2010, general competitions shall also be held for the recruitment of officials having one of the existing 11 languages as their main language’.

(3)  For practical reasons this form is available in English, French or German only.

(4)  Given that the appointing authority (AIPN) has given mandate to the selection board to strictly keep to this number of candidates, the board may not exceed this limit. However, if a number of candidates have obtained the same marks qualifying them for the last place they will all be admited to the next stage of the competition.

(5)  If successful, you may explicitly request that your name not be published.

(6)  http://www.europa.eu.int/epso

(7)  No later than 12.00 noon, Brussels time, on 22 September 2005.

(8)  EPSO — Info-recrutement — Avenue de Cortenbergh, 80 — 0/48 — B-1049 Bruxelles — Fax (32-2) 295 74 88.

(9)  At: epso-AD-31-05-en@cec.eu.int.

(10)  Postmarked no later than 22 September 2005.

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ANNEX

REQUESTS FOR REVIEW — APPEAL PROCEDURES — COMPLAINTS TO THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN

If, at any stage of the competition, you consider that your interests have been prejudiced by a particular decision, you can:

| — | Request that your application be reconsidered

  You can request that your application be considered by sending a letter within 20 days of the date of dispatch online, of the letter informing you of the decision, setting out the reasons, to:





  European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) |
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| CORT 80 |
| Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05 |
| B-1049 Brussels |

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Request that your application be reconsidered

You can request that your application be considered by sending a letter within 20 days of the date of dispatch online, of the letter informing you of the decision, setting out the reasons, to:

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

Mail Service

CORT 80

Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05

B-1049 Brussels

EPSO will forward your request to the Chair of the selection board where it comes within the board's remit. You will be sent a reply as soon as possible.

| — | Appeals







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  The Court of First Instance of the European Communities |
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| Boulevard Konrad Adenauer |
| L-2925 Luxembourg |
| Under Article 236 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 91 of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, or |

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Appeals

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Either you can bring a case before:

The Court of First Instance of the European Communities

Boulevard Konrad Adenauer

L-2925 Luxembourg

Under Article 236 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 91 of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, or

| — | you can lodge a complaint under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, at the following address:





  European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) |
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| CORT 80 |
| Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05 |
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you can lodge a complaint under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, at the following address:

European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)

Mail Service

CORT 80

Open competition EPSO/AD/31/05

B-1049 Brussels.

The time limits for initiating these two types of procedure (see the Staff Regulations as modified by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 published in Official Journal of the European Union
  L  124 of 27 April 2004 — http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex) start to run from the time you are notified of the act allegedly prejudicing your interests.

Please note that the appointing authority (AIPN) does not have the power to amend the decisions of a selection board. The Court has consistently held that the wide discretion enjoyed by selection boards is not subject to review by the Court unless rules which govern the proceedings of selection boards have clearly been infringed.

| — | Complaint to the European Ombudsman

  You can, like all citizens of the European Union, make a complaint to the





  European Ombudsman |
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| F-67001 Strasbourg Cedex |

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Complaint to the European Ombudsman

You can, like all citizens of the European Union, make a complaint to the

European Ombudsman

1 Avenue du Président Robert Schuman - BP 403

F-67001 Strasbourg Cedex

under Article 195(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Decision of the European Parliament of 9 March 1994 on the Staff Regulations and the general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties, published in Official Journal of the European Communities
  L  113 of 4 May 1994.

Note that complaints made to the Ombudsman have no suspensive effect on the period laid down in Articles 90(2) and 91 of the Staff Regulations for lodging, respectively, a complaint or an appeal with the Court of First Instance under Article 236 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

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