# C_2013026EN.01000301.xml

| 26.1.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 26/3 |
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26.1.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/3

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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 27 November 2012 — Italian Republic v European Commission, Republic of Lithuania, Hellenic Republic

(Case C-566/10 P) (1)

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(Appeal - Rules on languages - Notices of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators and assistants - Publication in full in three official languages - Language of the tests - Choice of the second language among three official languages)

2013/C 26/04

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Parties

Appellant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, Agent, P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato)

Appellant:

Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and J. Baquero Cruz, Agents, assisted by A. Dal Ferro, avvocato), Republic of Lithuania, Hellenic Republic (represented by: A. Samoni-Rantou, S. Vodina and G. Papagianni, Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings:

Re:

Re:

Appeal against the judgment delivered by the General Court (Sixth Chamber) on 13 September 2010 in Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07 Italy v Commission by which the General Court dismissed an application for annulment of Notices of Open Competition EPSO/AD/94/07 (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 3), EPSO/AST/37/07 (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 15) and EPSO/AD/95/07 (OJ 2007 C 103 A, p. 7)

Italy

Commission

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 13 September 2010 in Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07; |
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Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 13 September 2010 in Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07;

| 2. | Annuls the notices of open competitions EPSO/AD/94/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information, communication and the media, EPSO/AST/37/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Assistants (AST 3) in the field of communication and information and EPSO/AD/95/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information science (library/documentation); |
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Annuls the notices of open competitions EPSO/AD/94/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information, communication and the media, EPSO/AST/37/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Assistants (AST 3) in the field of communication and information and EPSO/AD/95/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information science (library/documentation);

| 3. | Orders the European Commission to pay the costs of the Italian Republic and to bear its own costs in both sets of proceedings; |
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Orders the European Commission to pay the costs of the Italian Republic and to bear its own costs in both sets of proceedings;

| 4. | Orders the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Lithuania to bear their own costs. |
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Orders the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Lithuania to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 63, 26.02.2011.

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