62018TJ0411_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 October 2021 –WM v Commission
(Case T‑411/18)
(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of competition – Open Competition EPSO/AD/338/17 – Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition – Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 1d(1), (4) and (5) of the Staff Regulations – Reasonable accommodation – Principle of non-discrimination on the ground of disability – Directive 2000/78/EC – Liability – Material and non-material harm)
1.
Actions brought by officials – Action against a decision not to admit a candidate to the tests in a competition – Possibility of relying on the unlawfulness or scope of the organisation of the competition – Conditions
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see para. 38)
2.
Officials – Competitions – European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) – Powers – Organisation of competitions – Scope – Modification of the competition procedures decided by the selection board to take account of the possible disability of certain candidates – Included
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex III, Arts 1, first para., and 4)
(see para. 39)
3.
Officials – Equal treatment and non-discrimination – Disability – Obligation to provide for reasonable working arrangements – Scope – Judicial review – Limits – Calling into question of medical assessments – Precluded
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 1d(4); Council Directive 2000/78, Art. 5)
(see paras 42-44, 65, 77)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of the Selection Board of open competition EPSO/AD/338/17 of 27 September 2017 to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition as well as the decision of the Appointing Authority of 19 April 2018 rejecting his complaint and, secondly, compensation for the damage he allegedly suffered as a result of those decisions.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders each party to bear its own costs.