62020TJ0293_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 1 December 2021 –Ruiz-Ruiz v Commission
(Case T‑293/20)
(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 – Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition – Admission criterion related to professional experience – Compliance of criterion applied by the Selection Board with the competition notice – Manifest error of assessment)
1.
Officials – Competitions – Competition based on qualifications and tests – Conditions for admission – Diplomas produced or professional experience attested – Discretion of the selection board – Determination of assessment criteria – Whether permissible – Limits – Adherence to the notice of competition – Adoption of a criterion inconsistent with the notice of competition – Not permissible
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Annex III, Arts 1(1) and 5(1))
(see paras 33, 34, 39, 47)
2.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Manifest error of assessment – Meaning
(see para. 60)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU for annulment, first, of the decision of the Selection Board of 20 September 2019 refusing the applicant’s request for review of the decision not to admit her to the next phase of the open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 and, secondly, of the decision of the appointing authority of 7 February 2020 rejecting the applicant’s complaint against that decision.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the Selection Board of 20 September 2019 refusing the request for review of Ms Vanesa Ruiz-Ruiz’s exclusion from competition EPSO/AD/371/19;
2.
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.