THE APPLICATION FORMS FILLED IN BY THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES, ON THE BASIS OF WHICH THE SELECTION BOARD BASED ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATIONS . IT ADDS THAT, HAVING REGARD TO THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, THE SELECTION BOARD WAS NOT REQUIRED TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL TO EACH OF THEM WHY AND TO WHAT EXTENT THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY GIVEN DUTY COULD OR COULD NOT BE REGARDED AS PROOF THAT A CANDIDATE HAD ALL THE POTENTIALITIES FOR PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF AN OFFICIAL AT THE LEVEL OF CATEGORY B .
12 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS SUBMISSION IS WELL FOUNDED, A DISTINCTION MUST FIRST OF ALL BE DRAWN BETWEEN THE STATEMENT OF REASONS CONTAINED IN THE LETTER OF 15 JUNE 1984, ADDRESSED TO ALL CANDIDATES NOT ADMITTED TO THE TESTS, AND THAT CONTAINED IN THE LETTER OF 7 SEPTEMBER 1984, ADDRESSED, AFTER RECONSIDERATION OF THEIR POSITION, ONLY TO CANDIDATES WHO HAD EXPRESSLY ASKED FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF THE REASONS FOR THEIR EXCLUSION .
13 AS IS APPARENT FROM A PREVIOUS DECISION OF THE COURT ( JUDGMENT OF 9 JUNE 1983 IN CASE 225/82 VERZYCK V COMMISSION (( 1983 )) ECR 1991 ), IN ORDER TO MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH ARISE IN A COMPETITION FOR WHICH THERE IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THE SELECTION BOARD FOR SUCH A COMPETITION MAY INITIALLY SEND TO A CANDIDATE NOT ADMITTED TO THE TESTS MERELY INFORMATION ON THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION AND THE RESULT THEREOF AND NOT GIVE INDIVIDUAL EXPLANATIONS UNTIL LATER AND TO THOSE CANDIDATES WHO EXPRESSLY REQUEST THEM .
14 IN THE LIGHT FOR THE FOREGOING, IT MUST THEREFORE BE ASCERTAINED WHETHER THE LETTER OF 7 SEPTEMBER 1984, WHICH IS IN REPLY TO A LETTER FROM MISS BEITEN EXPRESSLY ASKING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL EXPLANATION, CONTAINS A SUFFICIENT STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH IT IS BASED TO ENABLE THE PERSON CONCERNED TO JUDGE WHETHER THE DECISION IS WELL FOUNDED OR WHETHER IT IS TAINTED BY A DEFECT SUCH AS TO ENABLE ITS LAWFULNESS TO BE CHALLENGED .
15 THE LETTER OF 7 SEPTEMBER 1984 MERELY STATES THAT THE SELECTION BOARD HAD CONSIDERED IN DEPTH THE CONTENTS OF EACH APPLICATION, TOOK ACCOUNT OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CRITERIA SUCH AS OF WORKING EXPERIENCE BEFORE AND AFTER RECRUITMENT, GENERAL AND/OR SPECIAL TRAINING, FURTHER TRAINING, STAFF REPORTS, DUTIES PERFORMED AT THE DATE ON WHICH APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND MOBILITY, AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DIRECTORATES-GENERAL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION, IN PARTICULAR THEIR VIEW ON THE CAPACITIES OF THE CANDIDATES TO PERFORM DUTIES AT CATEGORY B LEVEL . IT IN NO WAY INDICATES THE WAY IN WHICH THOSE CRITERIA WERE APPLIED TO MISS BEITEN' S SITUATION AND THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL CONCERNED MIGHT HAVE LED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ALL THE POTENTIALITIES FOR PERFORMING DUTIES AT CATEGORY B LEVEL . IT FOLLOWS THAT THE LETTER OF 7 SEPTEMBER 1984 CANNOT BE REGARDED AS A DECISION CONTAINING A SUFFICIENT