Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2022:653
Date: 2022-10-19
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Staff cases - inadmissible;Action for damages - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 19 October 2022 – MV v Commission (Case T‑624/20) (1) (Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/364/19 (AD 7) – Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next stage of the competition – Competition eligibility requirements – Insufficient professional experience – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Rules on languages – Equal treatment) 1. Actions brought by officials – Interest in bringing proceedings – Candidate eliminated from a competition seeking annulment of all the operations in the competition – Admissible only in relation to the applicant’s exclusion (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91) (see paragraphs 27-31) 2. Officials – Competitions – Selection board – Rejection of application – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Obligation to communicate the admission criteria for applications (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para.) (see paragraph 50) 3. Officials – Recruitment – Competitions – Competition based on qualifications and tests – Assessment of the aptitudes of candidates – Selection method – Selection board's discretion – Limits (Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex III, Arts 1, 2 and 4) (see paragraphs 90, 92, 94) 4. Officials – Competitions – Competition based on qualifications and tests – Conditions for admission – Fixing by the competition notice – Assessment by the selection board of candidates’ professional experience – Consideration of only the information provided by the applicant in his application form (see paragraphs 105-107) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders MV to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission; 3. Orders the Council of the European Union to bear its own costs. 1 OJ C 443, 21.12.2020.