VERY LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS , IT MAY BE ACCEPTED THAT THE SELECTION BOARD MAY INITIALLY SEND TO CANDIDATES 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 , ON CONDITION , HOWEVER , THAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL DETAILS ARE SENT BY THE SELECTION BOARD BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF THE PERIOD LAID DOWN BY ARTICLES 90 AND 91 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , SO THAT THE RECIPIENTS MAY , IF THEY THINK FIT , AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THEIR RIGHTS .
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IN CASE 195/80
BERNARD MICHEL , AN OFFICIAL OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , RESIDING AT 95/45 BOULEVARD METTEWIS , BRUSSELS , REPRESENTED BY VICTOR BIEL OF THE LUXEMBOURG BAR , WITH AN ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN LUXEMBOURG AT HIS CHAMBERS , 18A RUE DES GLACIS ,
APPLICANT ,
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , REPRESENTED BY F . PASETTI-BOMBARDELLA , ACTING AS AGENT , KIRCHBERG , LUXEMBOURG , ASSISTED BY A . BONN OF THE LUXEMBOURG BAR ,
DEFENDANT ,
Subject of the case
APPLICATION FOR THE ANNULMENT OF A DECISION NOT TO ADMIT THE APPLICANT TO THE TESTS FOR AN OPEN COMPETITION ,
Grounds
1 BY APPLICATION LODGED AT THE COURT REGISTRY ON 6 OCTOBER 1980 , BERNARD MICHEL BROUGHT AN ACTION AGAINST THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , ON THE ONE HAND , FOR THE ANNULMENT OF THE DECISION OF THE SELECTION BOARD FOR COMPETITION NO PE/21/A REFUSING TO ADMIT HIM TO THE TESTS FOR THE COMPETITION AND FOR THE COMPLETE ANNULMENT OF THE COMPETITION AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , FOR AN ORDER THAT THE PARLIAMENT SHOULD PAY DAMAGES FOR THE NON-MATERIAL AND MATERIAL INJURY SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF HIS NON-ADMISSION TO THE TESTS FOR THE COMPETITION .
2 THE COMPETITION IN QUESTION WAS AN OPEN COMPETITION BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS AND TESTS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING UP A RESERVE LIST FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF FRENCH-LANGUAGE AND DUTCH-LANGUAGE ADMINISTRATORS IN GRADES A 7 AND A 6 . THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION , WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF 6 JUNE 1979 , REQUIRED A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE AND STATED THAT ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES WOULD BE ADMITTED TO THE TESTS WHO OBTAINED THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF MARKS WHEN THE SELECTION BOARD , AFTER DECIDING UPON THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION , PROCEEDED TO ASSESS THEIR QUALIFICATIONS .
3 THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE COMPETITION , FOR WHICH A TOTAL OF 2 140 CANDIDATES ENTERED . IT WAS CLEAR FROM HIS APPLICATION THAT SINCE 1975 HE HAD BEEN AN OFFICIAL OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES IN CATEGORY B AFTER WORKING FOR NINE YEARS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR , THAT HE HELD A DEGREE IN COMMERCIAL AND CONSULAR SCIENCES AND WAS AN AGREGE DE L ' ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR POUR LES SCIENCES COMMERCIALES , QUALIFICATIONS WHICH HE HAD OBTAINED IN 1977 AT THE INSTITUT D ' ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR LUCIEN COOREMANS ,