Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 29 November 2018 –Di Bernardo v Commission
(Case T‑811/16)
(Civil service — Officials — Recruitment — Competition notice — Open competition — Non-inclusion on the reserve list — Obligation to state reasons — Professional experience — Liability)
1.      Officials — Decision adversely affecting an official — Obligation to state reasons — Scope
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25)
(see paras 35, 36)
2.      Officials — Decision adversely affecting an official — Obligation to state reasons — Complete lack of reasoning — Regularisation after the action has been brought — Not permissible
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para.)
(see paras 37, 38)
3.      Officials — Non-contractual liability of the institutions — Conditions — Unlawfulness — Injury — Causal link — Cumulative conditions
(Art. 340 TFEU)
(see para. 60)
4.      Actions brought by officials — Actions for damages — Annulment of the contested measure not providing adequate compensation for material harm — Compensation for loss of an opportunity to be recruited — Criteria
(Art. 340 TFEU)
(see para. 61)
Re:
Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of the selection board in the open competition on the basis of tests EPSO/AST-SC/03/15 of 10 August 2016 not to include the applicant on the reserve list for the recruitment of secretaries/clerks at grade SC 1 in the field of financial support and, secondly, compensation for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant.
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the selection board in the open competition on the basis of tests EPSO/AST-SC/03/15 of 10 August 2016 not to include Mr Danilo Di Bernardo on the reserve list for the recruitment of secretaries/clerks at grade SC 1 in the field of financial support;
2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.