THAT THE APPLICANT HAS LEARNT THE REASONS FOR THE REFUSAL TO ADMIT HIM TO THE TESTS DURING THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT .
22 HOWEVER , IT MUST BE REMEMBERED IN THAT REGARD THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT A DECISION ADVERSELY AFFECTING A PERSON SHOULD STATE THE REASONS ON WHICH IT IS BASED IS INTENDED TO ENABLE THE COURT TO REVIEW THE LEGALITY OF THE DECISION AND TO PROVIDE THE PERSON CONCERNED WITH DETAILS SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW HIM TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER THE DECISION IS WELL FOUNDED OR WHETHER IT IS VITIATED BY AN ERROR WHICH WILL ALLOW ITS LEGALITY TO BE CONTESTED . IT FOLLOWS THAT THE STATEMENT OF REASONS MUST IN PRINCIPLE BE NOTIFIED TO THE PERSON CONCERNED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DECISION ADVERSELY AFFECTING HIM AND THAT A FAILURE TO STATE THE REASONS CANNOT BE REMEDIED BY THE FACT THAT THE PERSON CONCERNED LEARNS THE REASONS FOR THE DECISION DURING THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT .
23 THE PARLIAMENT MAINTAINS NEXT THAT THE STATEMENT OF REASONS WHICH THE APPLICANT RECEIVED IN THE LETTER OF 21 FEBRUARY 1980 AND , IN ANY EVENT , IN THE LETTER OF 9 JUNE 1980 , SATISFIED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS .
24 IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED FIRST THAT THE SECRECY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECTION BOARD PRESCRIBED BY ARTICLE 6 OF ANNEX III TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS CANNOT ABSOLVE A SELECTION BOARD FROM ITS OBLIGATION TO INFORM A CANDIDATE WHO IS REJECTED AT THE STAGE OF THE SELECTION ON THE BASIS OF QUALIFICATIONS OF THE REASONS FOR THAT DECISION , AT LEAST IN SUMMARIZED FORM .
25 THAT REQUIREMENT TO GIVE A STATEMENT OF REASONS MUST HOWEVER BE EVALUATED HAVING REGARD TO THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND TYPES OF COMPETITION AND , MORE PARTICULARLY , TO THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES COMPETING IN EACH OF THEM . IN THE CASE OF COMPETITIONS SUCH AS THE PRESENT , WHERE THE CANDIDATES ARE MORE NUMEROUS , THE STATEMENT OF THE REASONS FOR THE REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS MUST NOT BE SO VOLUMINOUS AS TO PLACE AN INTOLERABLE BURDEN ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECTION BOARDS AND THE WORK OF THE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION .
26 WHILST THE LETTER OF 21 FEBRUARY 1980 CERTAINLY INFORMED THE APPLICANT , AT LEAST IN SUMMARIZED FORM , OF THE CRITERIA TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN MAKING THE SELECTION ON THE BASIS OF QUALIFICATIONS , IT CONTAINED NO DETAILS , EVEN IN SUMMARY FORM , OF THE REASONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DECISION AND DID NOT EVEN INFORM THE APPLICANT OF THE CRITERIA IN RESPECT OF WHICH HIS QUALIFICATIONS HAD BEEN REGARDED AS INADEQUATE . THE CONTENTS OF THAT LETTER CANNOT THEREFORE SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT TO STATE THE REASONS ON WHICH THE DECISION WAS BASED .
27 IN ORDER TO MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES CONFRONTING A SELECTION BOARD FOR A COMPETITION FOR WHICH THERE IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS , IT MAY BE ACCEPTED THAT THE SELECTION BOARD MAY INITIALLY SEND TO CANDIDATES MERELY INFORMATION ON THE CRITERIA