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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 October 2021 –Rosca v Commission
(Case T‑434/19) (
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(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of competition – Open Competition EPSO/AD/363/18 – Decision of the selection board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition – Obligation to state reasons – Manifest error of assessment – Article 27 of the Staff Regulations – Equal treatment)
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Actions brought by officials – Act adversely affecting an official – Decision adopted after reconsideration of a previous decision – Decision adopted by a competition selection board after reviewing the file of a candidate not admitted to the competition
(Staff Regulations of Officials Arts 90(2) and 91(1))
(see para. 32)
2.
Officials – Competitions – Organization and content of tests – Methods of marking – Selection Board’s discretion – Judicial review – Limits
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex III)
(see paras 46, 68)
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Actions brought by officials – Action against a decision not to admit a candidate to the tests in a competition – Possibility of relying on irregularities in the notice of competition – Conditions
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 55-57, 59)
4.
Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based – General reference to documents annexed to the application – Inadmissibility
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see para. 61)
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Officials – Competitions – Competition based on qualifications and tests – Conditions for admission – Fixing by the competition notice – Selection board’s assessment of candidates’ professional experience – Judicial review – Limits
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex III, Arts 2 and 5)
(see paras 73, 84, 85, 87, 88, 116)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders Ms Ioana-Felicia Rosca to pay the costs.
(
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