OF COMPETITIONS AIMED AT CONSTITUTING A RESERVE FOR FUTURE RECRUITMENT OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES BELONGING TO A LOWER CATEGORY WHO ARE INTENDED TO BE APPOINTED SUBSEQUENTLY, ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SERVICE, TO ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS IN THE CAREER BRACKET A7/A6 .
21 SINCE THE CONSTITUTION OF SUCH A RESERVE AIMS, BY REASON OF ITS GENERAL NATURE, AT PROVIDING FOR VACANCIES RELATING TO THE SAME POST AND CAREER BRACKET, BUT COMPRISING THE PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT DUTIES, IT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF SEVERAL COMPETITIONS WHICH ARE HARMONIZED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE .
22 THIS HARMONIZATION, WHICH THE COMMISSION SOUGHT, WAS ACHIEVED FIRST BY THE ORGANIZATION OF COMMON TESTS OF A GENERAL NATURE AND THEN COMPLETED BY DIFFERENT TESTS RELATING TO SPHERES OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE .
23 FINALLY IT FOUND EXPRESSION IN THE CONSTITUTION OF A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS SELECTION BOARDS, WHICH MET TWICE BEFORE THE TESTS TOOK PLACE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING THE WORK OF THE SELECTION BOARDS AND ONCE AFTERWARDS TO HARMONIZE THE MARKS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, OF A WORKING PARTY WHICH LAID DOWN INSTRUCTIONS TO BE GIVEN TO THE MARKERS, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING, WHILE RESPECTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SELECTION BOARDS, LISTS OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES 'OF COMPARABLE QUALITY '.
24 THE COMMISSION, WHILE SEEKING TO HARMONIZE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THE TESTS IN QUESTION, WAS ENTITLED, AS IT HAS DONE, TO ORGANIZE DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS LEADING TO DIFFERENT LISTS OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR DIFFERENT DUTIES, ALTHOUGH ALL RELATING TO THE POST OF ADMINISTRATOR, SUBJECT NEVERTHELESS TO THE CONDITION THAT ONLY OFFICIALS WHO HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT A COMPETITION IN A SPHERE RELATING TO THE DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED WOULD AS A RESULT BE PROMOTED .
25 IT APPEARS FROM A COMPARISON OF THE SUBJECTS CHOSEN BY THE CANDIDATES WITH THE NOTICES OF VACANCIES TO WHICH THEY HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN PROMOTED THAT SUCH WAS THE CASE, AT LEAST IN THE GREAT MAJORITY OF CASES .
26 IF IN CERTAIN CASES THE NECESSITY FOR SUCH CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN DISREGARDED, IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT THE COMPETITIONS ARE ILLEGAL BUT ONLY THAT THE REGULARITY OF THESE PROMOTIONS WOULD BE DOUBTFUL .
27 THE SELECTION BOARD OF EACH COMPETITION THEREFORE HAD TO RECONCILE THE ADVISABILITY OF HARMONIZING TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THE TEST CONDITIONS AND THE NECESSITY TO JUDGE, ACCORDING TO THE APPROPRIATE CRITERIA, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING THE DUTIES FOR WHICH SUCCESS AT THE COMPETITION SELECTED MARKED THEM OUT .
28 SUCH RECONCILIATION IS, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH SELECTION BOARD AND IS GUARANTEED BY ITS INDEPENDENCE AND THE SECRECY OF THE PROCEEDINGS LAID DOWN BY THE REGULATIONS .
29 THUS DIFFERENCES IN ASSESSMENT FROM ONE COMPETITION TO ANOTHER ARE NOT ONLY INEVITABLE BUT PROPER, EVEN AS REGARDS THE COMMON TESTS, SINCE THE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE LATTER MAY VARY IN THE EYES OF THE DIFFERENT SELECTION BOARDS IN RELATION TO THE