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Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 March 2022 –PO v Commission
(Case T‑36/21) (
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(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/338/17 – Non-inclusion on the reserve list – Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Article 1d(1) and (4) of the Staff Regulations – Reasonable accommodation – Principle of non-discrimination on the ground of disability – Directive 2000/78/EC – Obligation to state reasons – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Responsibility – Material and non-material damage)
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Actions brought by officials – Action against a decision rejecting a complaint – Admissibility – Obligation to rule on claims directed against the decision rejecting the complaint – Claims lacking independent content or purely confirmatory decision – No independent content)
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 27, 28, 34, 44)
2.
Officials – Decision adversely affecting an official – Obligation to state reasons – Scope
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para.)
(see paras 37, 43)
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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 the unlawfulness or scope of the organisation of the competition – Conditions
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para.)
(see para. 55)
4.
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(1) and 4)
(see paras 56, 57, 61)
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Officials – Equal treatment and non-discrimination – Disability – Obligation to provide for reasonable working arrangements – Scope – Judicial review – Limits – Calling into question of medical assessments – Excluded
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 1d(4); Council Directive 2000/78, Art. 5)
(see paras 58-60, 93)
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Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Fact alleged by the applicant – Burden of proof resting with the applicant
(see paras 81-83)
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Officials – Duty of the administration to have regard for the welfare of officials – Scope – Greater obligation in a case affecting the health of the official – Limits
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 24)
(see paras 97-99)
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Actions brought by officials – Application for damages linked to an application for annulment – Dismissal of application for annulment leading to dismissal of the application for damages
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 90 and 91)
(see paras 105, 106)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders each party to bear its own costs.
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)	OJ C 110, 29.3.2021.