AGE-LIMIT , IF THERE IS ONE , MUST BE INDICATED IN THE VACANCY NOTICE . CONSEQUENTLY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO REFER EXPRESSLY TO THAT CONDITION IN THE VACANCY NOTICE ; NOR IS IT REQUIRED TO FIX THE AGE-LIMIT ITSELF , BUT IS ENTITLED TO DELEGATE ITS POWER IN THAT RESPECT TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE .
3.THE RIGHT TO RELY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION EXTENDS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN A SITUATION IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ' S CONDUCT HAS LED HIM TO ENTERTAIN REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS .
4.THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF A NOTICE OF COMPETITION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SPECIAL RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 29 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS IS TO GIVE THOSE CONCERNED THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION POSSIBLE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY TO ENABLE THEM TO JUDGE WHETHER THEY SHOULD APPLY FOR IT .
EVEN THOUGH THE PROVISIONS OF ANNEX III TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS NEED NOT BE APPLIED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPECIAL PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 29 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY IS NEVERTHELESS REQUIRED TO RESPECT THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION AND CANDIDATES MAY RELY ON THAT PRINCIPLE .
5.A DECISION TO HAVE RECOURSE TO ARTICLE 29 ( 2 ) MADE DURING THE COURSE OF A RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE WHICH HAS BEEN INITIATED NEED NOT NECESSARILY BE TAKEN WHEN THE VACANCY NOTICES ARE PUBLISHED AND NEED NOT BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL .
HOWEVER , IF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY DECIDES TO FILL A POST UNDER ARTICLE 29 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS AND IF , FOR THAT REASON , IT DOES NOT CLEARLY STATE ALL THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED OF THE CANDIDATES , IT MUST NEVERTHELESS INDICATE IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER THAT THE PROCEDURE IN QUESTION CONSTITUTES A DEROGATION FROM THE NORMAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RECRUITMENT .
IN ANY EVENT , AN INFRINGEMENT OF THAT REQUIREMENT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT THE DISPUTED MEASURE IS VOID BUT MAY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFY THE AWARD OF DAMAGES , IF THE PERSON CONCERNED HAS SUFFERED INJURY AS A RESULT .
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IN CASE 289/81
VASSILIS MAVRIDIS , RESIDING AT 19 VOUKOURESTIOU STREET , ATHENS , REPRESENTED BY P . DAGTOGLOU , ADVOCATE , OF ATHENS , WITH AN ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN LUXEMBOURG AT THE CHAMBERS OF CARLA MANZO , 52 RUE POINCARE ,
APPLICANT ,
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , REPRESENTED BY MARTIN SCHMIDT , DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS , ASSISTED BY CONSTANTINOS STRATIGAKIS , AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS DIVISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT , ASSISTED BY ALEX BONN OF THE LUXEMBOURG BAR , WITH AN ADDRESS FOR SERVICE IN LUXEMBOURG AT THE LATTER ' S CHAMBERS , 22 COTE D ' EICH ,
Subject of the case
APPLICATION FOR THE ANNULMENT OF DECISION NO 00361806 OF THE SELECTION BOARD OF 7 AUGUST 1981 RELATING TO THE REJECTION OF THE APPLICANT '