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Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 11 October 2023 –PF v Parliament
(Case T‑317/22) (
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(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Open competition PE/AD/260/2021 – Decision not to admit the applicant to the oral tests – Obligation to state reasons – Impartiality – Manifest error of assessment)
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Officials – Competitions – Selection Board – Rejection of application – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Observance of the secrecy of proceedings – Communication of the method for weighting the various components of a test provided for in the competition notice – Whether permissible
(Art. 296, second para., TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para. and Annex III, Art. 6)
(see paragraphs 13-16, 20)
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Officials – Competitions – Selection Board – Observance of the secrecy of proceedings – Scope – Correction criteria – Included
(see paragraphs 19, 22)
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Officials – Competitions – Principle of impartiality of the selection board – Obligation of a member the selection board to abstain from the assessment of a candidate where there is a direct link between the member of the selection board and the candidate – Scope – Assessment of a candidate’s anonymised written test by an assessor who is a colleague of the candidate – Whether permissible – Candidate relying on the possibility of his or her copy being identified by the assessor – Burden of proof
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 11a(1))
(see paragraphs 32-39)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders PF to pay the costs.
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)	OJ C 284, 25.7.2022.