Order — ECLI:EU:T:2011:425
Date: 2011-09-06
Based on: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated version 2008)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Action for annulment

Summary Officials — Actions — Action against a decision of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) taken in the context of an open competition for the recruitment of officials — Jurisdiction of the Civil Service Tribunal (Art. 270 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 29 to 31 and Annex III) An action, brought by a candidate in an open competition aimed at recruiting European Union officials, seeking to dispute the lawfulness of a decision of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) taken in the context of that open competition falls within the scope of Article 270 TFEU and, therefore, falls within the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Tribunal. The recruitment of officials of the European Union is governed, in particular, by Articles 29 to 31 of the Staff Regulations and by Annex III thereto. Consequently, a candidate in an open competition is a person covered by the Staff Regulations. (see paras 7-10)