WAS THE ONLY SELECTION CRITERION . THAT METHOD RULED OUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE "PROFILE" OF EACH CANDIDATE, THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH THE SELECTION BOARD COULD HAVE ASSESSED THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS AND THE SUITABILITY OF THE CANDIDATES ACCORDING TO OBJECTIVE CRITERIA . THE CONTENT OF THE QUESTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SELECTION BOARD WAS OF UNEQUAL DIFFICULTY AND, IN GENERAL, OF A HIGHER LEVEL THAN WAS APPROPRIATE TO THE POSTS TO BE FILLED . FINALLY, THE QUESTIONS ADOPTED DID NOT RELATE EXCLUSIVELY TO THE MATTERS DEALT WITH IN THE TRAINING COURSES, THUS FRUSTRATING THE LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CANDIDATES IN THAT RESPECT .
11 THE COMMISSION OBSERVES THAT THE ORAL TEST, IN THE FORM ADOPTED FOR ITS CONDUCT BY THE SELECTION BOARD, COMPRISED FOUR PHASES . THE CANDIDATE FIRST DREW BY RANDOM SELECTION A QUESTION OF A GENERAL NATURE FROM A LIST OF 76 QUESTIONS SET BY THE SELECTION BOARD AND ANSWERED THE QUESTION AFTER 10 MINUTES' PREPARATION ( DURATION : 10 MINUTES, WEIGHTING : 1 ). THE CANDIDATE THEN GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAINING AND PAST AND PRESENT ACTIVITIES ( DURATION : 5 MINUTES, WEIGHTING : 0.5 ), THEN ANSWERED QUESTIONS CONCERNING HIS PRESENT ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ONE OF THE COMMUNITY POLICIES ( DURATION : 10 MINUTES, WEIGHTING : 1.5 ). FINALLY, THE CANDIDATE ANSWERED ONE OF TWO QUESTIONS, CHOSEN IN ROTATION BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SELECTION BOARD FROM A LIST OF 75 QUESTIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY POLICIES, TO THE EXCLUSION OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE CANDIDATE' S PRESENT ACTIVITY ( DURATION : 20 MINUTES, WEIGHTING : 2 ).
12 AT THE REQUEST OF THE COURT, THE COMMISSION PRODUCED THE TWO LISTS OF QUESTIONS PREPARED BY THE SELECTION BOARD .
13 THE COMPETITION NOTICE DID NOT LAY DOWN DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ORAL TEST OR DEFINE ITS CONTENT BUT MERELY STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE TEST WAS TO ENABLE THE SELECTION BOARD TO QUESTION THE CANDIDATES WITH A VIEW TO ASSESSING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS AND THEIR SUITABILITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CATEGORY A DUTIES . THE COMPETITION NOTICE THUS LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE SELECTION BOARD THE DETERMINATION OF THOSE ARRANGEMENTS AND OF THE DETAILED CONTENT OF THE TEST .
14 MOREOVER, SELECTION BOARDS MUST BE ACCORDED A WIDE POWER OF APPRAISAL REGARDING THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR AND DETAILED CONTENT OF THE TESTS IN A COMPETITION . THE COURT CANNOT REVIEW THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONDUCT OF A TEST ADOPTED BY A SELECTION BOARD EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE CANDIDATES WERE TREATED EQUALLY AND THAT THE CHOICE FROM AMONG THEM MADE BY THE SELECTION BOARD WAS OBJECTIVE . IT IS LIKEWISE NOT FOR THE COURT TO CRITICIZE THE DETAILED CONTENT OF A TEST, UNLESS THAT CONTENT IS NOT CONFINED WITHIN THE LIMITS LAID DOWN IN THE COMPETITION NOTICE OR IS NOT CONSONANT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE TEST OR OF THE COMPETITION .
15 FIRSTLY, AS FAR AS THE COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE ARRANGEMENTS