Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2013:422
Date: 2013-09-12
Language of the case: Italian
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: Italy

Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2013 – Italy v Commission (Case T-142/08) 1 (Languages – Notices of open competition for the recruitment of administrators and assistants – Full publication in three official languages – Information concerning the notices of open competitions – Publication in all official languages – Language of the tests – Choice of second language from three official languages) Language of the case: Italian Parties Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents) Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented initially by: F. Díez Moreno, and subsequently by: N. Díaz Abad and J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, abogados del Estado) Re: Application for annulment of Notice of open competitions EPSO/AD/116/08 and EPSO/AD/117/08 to constitute a reserve list of Administrators (AD8) and Principal Administrators (AD11) in the field of fraud prevention and Notice of open competition EPSO/AST/45/08 to constitute a reserve list of Assistants (AST4) in the field of fraud prevention (OJ 2008 C16A, pp. 1 and 16 respectively) on the ground that they were published in French, English and German only. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Annuls the notices of open competitions EPSO/AD/116/08 and EPSO/AD/117/08 to constitute a reserve list of Administrators (AD8) and Principal Administrators (AD11) in the field of fraud prevention and EPSO/AST/45/08 to constitute a reserve list of Assistants (AST4) in the same field, published in the English, French and German versions of the Official Journal of the European Union on 23 January 2008; Orders the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic and the European Commission to bear their own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 142, 7.6.2008.