Case T-572/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2017 — Brouillard v Commission (Civil service — Recruitment — Competition notice — Open Competition EPSO/AD/306/15 — French-language lawyer-linguists at the Court of Justice of the European Union — Online application — Pre-selection based on qualifications — Qualifications required — Level of education corresponding to full legal education completed in a Belgian, French, or Luxembourg higher-education institution — ‘Master 2’ diploma (master’s degree) in law, economics and management, private law, lawyer-linguist specialism — Issued following ‘accreditation of skills gained through experience’ — Non-admission to the tests in a competition — Action for annulment — Content of the application — Inadmissibility — Professional competence — Full legal education requirement — Recognition of qualifications)
Date: 2017-10-13
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: administrator, admissibility, competition (EU), legal profession, level of education, linguistics, recognition of diplomas








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27.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 402/30





Judgment of the General Court of 13 October 2017 — Brouillard v Commission
(Case T-572/16) (1)

((Civil service - Recruitment - Competition notice - Open Competition EPSO/AD/306/15 - French-language lawyer-linguists at the Court of Justice of the European Union - Online application - Pre-selection based on qualifications - Qualifications required - Level of education corresponding to full legal education completed in a Belgian, French, or Luxembourg higher-education institution - ‘Master 2’ diploma (master’s degree) in law, economics and management, private law, lawyer-linguist specialism - Issued following ‘accreditation of skills gained through experience’ - Non-admission to the tests in a competition - Action for annulment - Content of the application - Inadmissibility - Professional competence - Full legal education requirement - Recognition of qualifications))
(2017/C 402/39)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Alain Laurent Brouillard (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: initially P. Vande Casteele and subsequently H. Brouillard, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and F. Simonetti, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of, first, the decision of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO), communicated to the applicant by email of 24 September 2015, not to admit him to the next stage of ‘Open Competition EPSO/AD/306/15 based on qualifications and tests’ held for the purpose of drawing up reserve lists from which to recruit, among others, ‘French-language (FR) lawyer-linguists (AD 7)’ of the Court of Justice of the European Union and, second, the selection and appointment decisions taken in the context of that competition.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:






1.


Annuls the decision of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO), communicated to Mr Alain Laurent Brouillard by email of 24 September 2015, not to admit him to the next stage of ‘Open Competition EPSO/AD/306/15 based on qualifications and tests’ held for the purpose of drawing up reserve lists from which to recruit, among others, ‘French-language (FR) lawyer-linguists (AD 7)’ of the Court of Justice of the European Union;










2.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










3.


Orders Mr Brouillard and the European Commission to bear their own respective costs, including those incurred in the context of the proceedings for interim measures in the case giving rise to the order of 20 January 2016, Brouillard v Commission (F-148/15 R).






(1)  OJ C 59, 15.2.2016 (case initially registered before the European Union Civil Service Tribunal as Case F-148/15 and transferred to the General Court of the European Union on 1 September 2016).