THE SERVICES OF OFFICIALS OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF ABILITY , EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY , RECRUITED ON THE BROADEST POSSIBLE GEOGRAPHICAL BASIS FROM AMONG NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITIES . ' '
THE APPLICANT MAINTAINS THAT THAT PROVISION WAS INFRINGED SINCE BY REQUIRING POSSESSION OF A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA THE COMMISSION RULED OUT IN ADVANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF RECRUITING A CANDIDATE SUCH AS THE APPLICANT WHO , AS A RESULT OF HIS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE , HAS THE ABILITIES NECESSARY FOR THE POST TO BE FILLED .
5 THAT COMPLAINT MUST ALSO BE REJECTED . THE REQUIREMENT OF POSSESSION OF A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA IN ADDITION TO PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IS GENERALLY , IN ALL NORMAL AND TYPICAL CASES , CALCULATED TO ENSURE THAT THAT PROVISION IS COMPLIED WITH AND INDEED TO COMPLY WITH IT STILL FURTHER . IN FIXING THAT DOUBLE CONDITION THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE STAFF REGULATIONS . IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN , AS THE APPLICANT DOES , THAT THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE NATIONALS OF CERTAIN MEMBER STATES THEREBY SUFFER A DISADVANTAGE . THE COMBINATION OF AN ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A CHARACTERISTIC OF CANDIDATES FROM CERTAIN MEMBER STATES IN CONTRAST TO THOSE FROM OTHERS . CANDIDATES WITH SUBSTANTIAL PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ALTHOUGH WITHOUT A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA MAY BE FOUND AMONG THE NATIONALS OF ALL THE MEMBER STATES .
6 THE APPLICANT ALSO MAINTAINS THAT BY REFUSING TO ALLOW HIM ADMISSION TO THE WRITTEN TESTS THE SELECTION BOARD FOR THE COMPETITION INFRINGED THE TERMS OF THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION WHICH OBLIGE IT TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS . MORE PARTICULARLY , THE SELECTION BOARD FAILED TO MAKE ALLOWANCE IN HIS CASE FOR THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .
7 IN THAT CONNEXION IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT COMPLETED A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN HIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN , THAT IS , THE UNITED KINGDOM . THAT HAS , HOWEVER , NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THAT COUNTRY . THE CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO A UNIVERSITY COURSE LEADING TO A DEGREE ARE NO MORE RESTRICTIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THAN IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES . FURTHERMORE , THE APPLICANT BEGAN A COURSE OF STUDY AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN LONDON WITHOUT , HOWEVER , PURSUING IT TO THE END . IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THE DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATION SYSTEMS REFERRED TO IN THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION WHERE IT IS NECESSARY TO DISCOVER WHETHER THE DEGREE OR DIPLOMA POSSESSED BY A CANDIDATE RELATES TO THE FIELD OF DUTIES WHICH HE HAS SELECTED . HOWEVER , THAT PROBLEM DOES NOT ARISE IN THIS INSTANCE , SINCE THE APPLICANT DOES NOT POSSESS A UNIVERSITY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA .
8 FINALLY , THE APPLICANT CONTESTS THE REFUSAL OF THE SELECTION BOARD ON THE GROUND THAT NO SUFFICIENT STATEMENT OF REASONS WAS GIVEN FOR THE DECISION . IT IS TRUE THAT