THE DESCRIPTION OF THE POST WHICH THE OFFICIAL OCCUPIES , AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT LANGUAGE IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE COMMUNITIES AND A WORKING LANGUAGE OF THE COUNCIL . HAVING ONCE AGREED TO BE ASSIGNED TO A POST FOR WHICH THE FIRST WORKING LANGUAGE IS NOT THE MOTHER TONGUE , AN OFFICIAL WHO IS A TYPIST , IN PARTICULAR ONE WHO IS NOT A NATIONAL OF A MEMBER STATE , MAY NOT SEEK TO RELY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY OF TREATMENT TO HAVE THE MOTHER TONGUE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF THAT FIRST WORKING LANGUAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ASSESSMENT OF SHORTHAND SKILLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF NOTE NO 184/79 .
14 THE VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE APPLICANT ' S FILE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO INDICATE THAT SHE HAD PROVED HER SHORTHAND SKILL IN HER FIRST LANGUAGE , AS INDICATED ABOVE . IN PARTICULAR , THE CERTIFICATE FROM THE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL WHERE THE APPLICANT HAD BEEN TRAINED COULD NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THAT PURPOSE SINCE IT DID NOT ESTABLISH THAT THE APPLICANT COULD TAKE SHORTHAND AT A SPEED CORRESPONDING TO 150 SYLLABLES PER MINUTE IN HER FIRST WORKING LANGUAGE , ENGLISH . THE QUESTION WHETHER THAT CERTIFICATE WAS OR WAS NOT IN THE FILE EXAMINED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION DURING ITS PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF 1978 AND 1979 IS THEREFORE WITHOUT RELEVANCE TO THE DECISION TO BE MADE IN THIS CASE SINCE IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT IT COULD HAVE NO BEARING ON THE COMMITTEE ' S ASSESSMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN STAFF NOTE NO 184/79 .
15 IT FOLLOWS THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION AND THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY CORRECTLY ASSESSED THE APPLICANT ' S SHORTHAND SKILLS HAVING REGARD TO THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN STAFF NOTE NO 184/79 .
16 HOWEVER , THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN STAFF NOTE NO 184/79 MAY APPEAR TO BE INFLEXIBLE IN CERTAIN RESPECTS AND , AT LEAST WITH REGARD TO CERTAIN OFFICIALS , THEY BEAR LITTLE RELATIONSHIP TO THE ACTUAL WORK TO BE DONE AND THE MERITS OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED . IN PARTICULAR , THE NOTE MAKES NO PROVISION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RELIANCE ON OTHER MERITS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ABSENCE OF PROVED SHORTHAND SKILL AT THE REQUIRED SPEED IN THE FIRST WORKING LANGUAGE OR OF TAKING INTO ACCOUNT KNOWLEDGE OF SHORTHAND IN OTHER LANGUAGES , EVEN WHERE THAT KNOWLEDGE IS ACTUALLY USED IN PRACTICE AND IS RECORDED IN THE PERIODIC REPORTS .
17 NEVERTHELESS , THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR CONSIDERING THAT , WHEN DRAWING UP STAFF NOTE NO 184/79 , THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY EXCEEDED THE LIMITS OF ITS DISCRETION IN THAT FIELD . IT IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE ITS CRITERIA FOR SELECTION IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS DISCRETION , HAVING REGARD TO THE EXIGENCIES OF THE RATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF ITS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT IT FROM LAYING DOWN FOR THAT PURPOSE MORE RIGOROUS CRITERIA THAN THOSE ADOPTED BY OTHER COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS