STEPPING OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE CRITERIA INDICATED OR OF MANIFESTLY ABUSING ITS DISCRETION .
10 THE SECOND SUBMISSION IS CONCERNED WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL CANDIDATES . THE APPLICANT ALLEGES THAT THE CHOICE OF SUBJECT GAVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO CERTAIN CANDIDATES WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY MADE SPECIAL STUDIES OF THAT SAME QUESTION . IN THIS RESPECT THE APPLICANT REFERS TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES HAD COME FROM THE PARLIAMENT ' S COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS WHERE HE HAD TAKEN PART IN STUDIES RELATING TO SUCH PROBLEMS IN THE COURSE OF HIS WORK ; IT IS ALSO ALLEGED THAT A CANDIDATE IN THE COMPETITION FOR THE POST IN DUBLIN IS THE AUTHOR OF A SPECIALIST STUDY ON THE ADVANTAGES FOR HIS COUNTRY ( IRELAND ), OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY .
11 BY VIRTUE OF ITS GENERAL NATURE THE SUBJECT IN QUESTION DOES NOT INVOLVE PROBLEMS REQUIRING SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OR SPECIFIC AND SPECIALIST EXPERIENCE . SUITABLE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE FOR TACKLING SUCH A SUBJECT MAY BE ACQUIRED IN THE COURSE OF PERFORMING ALL KINDS OF DUTIES IN A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION . IF ONE OF THE CANDIDATES IN COMPETITION NO A/66 HAD IN FACT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE SUCH KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE IN THE COURSE OF HIS WORK FOR THE PARLIAMENT ' S COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS , IT MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN THE SAME FOR THE APPLICANT IN THE COURSE OF HER LONG PERIOD OF WORK FOR THE INFORMATION OFFICE IN ROME .
12 THE COMPETITION FOR THE POST IN DUBLIN WAS DISTINCT FROM THE COMPETITION IN ISSUE . THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE CANDIDATES IN THAT COMPETITION WAS THE AUTHOR OF A SPECIALIST STUDY ON THE SUBJECT IN QUESTION AND MAY THUS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY WELL PREPARED FOR THE FIRST TEST IN THE COMPETITION IS NOT CAPABLE OF ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE APPLICANT , WHO WAS NOT A CANDIDATE IN THAT COMPETITION .
13 THE APPLICANT HAS THEREFORE ADDUCED NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT CERTAIN CANDIDATES IN THE COMPETITION IN QUESTION WERE GIVEN AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE IN RELATION TO HERSELF BY VIRTUE OF THE CHOICE OF THE SUBJECT FOR THE FIRST TEST .
14 THE APPLICANT ALLEGES FURTHER THAT CERTAIN OF THE CANDIDATES ADMITTED TO THE COMPETITION HAD COME FROM HIGHER GRADES THAN THAT FOR WHICH THE COMPETITION IN QUESTION WAS INTENDED . IN THIS RESPECT THE APPLICANT MAINTAINS THAT A CANDIDATE IN THE COMPETITION FOR THE POST IN ROME WAS IN GRADE A 6 AT THE TIME OF THE TEST AND THAT THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CANDIDATE IN THE COMPETITION FOR THE POST IN DUBLIN WAS IN GRADE A 4 .
15 SINCE COMPETITION NO A/66 WAS FOR A POST OF ADMINISTRATOR IN CAREER BRACKET A 7/A 6 THERE CAN BE NO OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION BOARD ' S ADMITTING TO THAT COMPETITION A CANDIDATE WHO WAS IN GRADE A 7 AT THE TIME OF HIS APPLICATION AND IN CAREER BRACKET A 7/A 6 WHEN THE SELECTION PROCEDURE WAS UNDER WAY . THE FACT THAT