FOR A LONG TIME, THE 75 QUESTIONS ON COMMUNITY POLICIES SET BY THE SELECTION BOARD DID NOT SURPASS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMUNITIES AND THE POLICIES PURSUED BY THEM WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATTAINED BY CANDIDATES PURPORTEDLY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING CATEGORY A DUTIES .
21 THE COMPLAINT MADE BY THE APPLICANTS CONCERNING THE DISPROPORTIONATE AND EXCESSIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH THE CANDIDATES HAD TO ANSWER IS THEREFORE UNFOUNDED .
22 FINALLY, AS FAR AS THE COMPLAINT CONCERNING QUESTIONS FALLING OUTSIDE THE SUBJECT-AREAS WHICH WERE THE SUBJECT OF INSTRUCTION DURING THE TRAINING COURSE, IT MUST BE STATED THAT THE COMPETITION NOTICE GAVE NO ASSURANCE REGARDING THE CONTENT OF THE ORAL TEST IN THAT RESPECT, AND FURTHERMORE THE APPLICANTS DO NOT REFER TO ANY SPECIFIC FACTOR WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO THE CANDIDATES' ENTERTAINING LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS IN THAT RESPECT .
23 AS REGARDS THE QUESTIONS ON COMMUNITY POLICIES, IT MUST HOWEVER BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A CANDIDATE OBLIGED TO ANSWER A QUESTION FALLING OUTSIDE THE SUBJECT-AREAS ON WHICH INSTRUCTION HAD BEEN GIVEN DURING THE TRAINING COURSE COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED AT A DISADVANTAGE BY COMPARISON WITH OTHER CANDIDATES, AND, AFTER CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE QUESTIONS SET BY THE SELECTION BOARD, THE POSSIBILITY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED THAT CERTAIN OF THEM MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT LEAST MARGINAL TO THE SUBJECT-AREAS DEALT WITH DURING THE FOUR WEEKS' TRAINING . HOWEVER, THAT PROBLEM RELATES ONLY THE FOURTH PHASE OF THE ORAL TEST AND EACH CANDIDATE HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO QUESTIONS ON COMMUNITY POLICIES . MOREOVER, THE QUESTIONS ADOPTED RELATE TO PROBLEMS WITH WHICH A PERSON INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY POLICIES OUGHT TO BE SUFFICIENTLY FAMILIAR TO BE ABLE TO ANALYSE AND DISCUSS THEM WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SELECTION BOARD . FURTHERMORE, THE PURPOSE OF THAT PHASE OF THE TEST WAS TO ASSESS THE CAPABILITIES OF THE CANDIDATES IN THAT RESPECT RATHER THAN TO TEST THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THAT TRAINING . IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE RISK THAT THE CHANCES MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY UNEQUAL CANNOT BY ITSELF VITIATE THE RESULT OF THE TEST .
24 IT FOLLOWS THAT THE COMPLAINT THAT CERTAIN QUESTIONS IN THE TEST WENT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE TRAINING COURSE IS ALSO UNFOUNDED AND THAT THE SUBMISSION AS TO THE IRREGULAR CONDUCT OF THE ORAL TEST MUST BE REJECTED .
THE SUBMISSION AS TO THE INADEQUACY OF THE STATEMENT OF REASONS
25 THE APPLICANTS CLAIM, ESSENTIALLY, THAT THE CONTESTED DECISION DOES NOT CONTAIN A SUFFICIENT STATEMENT OF THE REASONS ON WHICH IT IS BASED IN SO FAR AS THE SELECTION BOARD DID NOT GIVE THE RESULT OF THE TWO ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED OF IT BY THE COMPETITION NOTICE, NAMELY ASSESSMENT OF EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS AND THE ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY FOR CATEGORY A DUTIES .
26 THE COMMISSION CONTENDS THAT THE SELECTION BOARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO EXPRESS ITS VIEWS SEPARATELY ON THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS OF THE CANDIDATES, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THEIR SUITABILITY FOR CATEGORY A FUNCTIONS ON THE OTHER . THE SELECTION BOARD MADE