ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE ) AND THAT OF CHARACTER ( PERSONALITY ) ' ' HE HAD DECIDED IN FAVOUR OF MR RANDLES WHO HE SUGGESTED SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO THE POST IN QUESTION . HAVING SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED OF THE EXISTENCE OF A FIFTH APPLICATION , FROM AN EXTERNAL CANDIDATE , HE ALSO INVITED THAT CANDIDATE FOR AN INTERVIEW ON 4 JULY 1980 .
5 FOLLOWING ACTION BY THE STAFF COMMITTEE OF THE ISPRA BRANCH , THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE REMINDED THE DIRECTOR AT ISPRA OF THE NEED TO CONVENE A MEETING OF THE RECRUITING COMMITTEE , AS PROVIDED IN HIS MEMORANDUM OF 23 OCTOBER 1979 . A RECRUITING COMMITTEE WAS THEREFORE CONSTITUTED AND , HAVING EXAMINED THE FILES OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES AND TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST IN THE VACANCY NOTICE , DECIDED THAT MR RANDLES AND TWO OTHER CANDIDATES ( NOT INCLUDING THE APPLICANT ) MUST BE REGARDED AS THE MOST SUITABLE FOR THE POST , WITH A PREFERENCE FOR MR RANDLES BECAUSE OF HIS MORE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD CONCERNED .
6 THE OPINION OF THE RECRUITING COMMITTEE WITH THE PERSONAL FILES AND APPLICATIONS OF EACH OF THE CANDIDATES WAS SENT TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE WHO , IN A MEMORANDUM DATED 22 AUGUST 1980 , APPOINTED MR RANDLES TO THE POST IN QUESTION .
7 THE APPLICANT ' S COMPLAINT AGAINST THAT DECISION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 90 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS WAS REJECTED AND HE THEN BROUGHT THIS ACTION .
8 IN SUPPORT OF HIS APPLICATION HE RELIES ON SEVERAL SUBMISSIONS WHICH ARE DIRECTED ON THE ONE HAND AT THE LAWFULNESS OF THE CHOICE MADE BY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY AND , ON THE OTHER HAND , AT THE PROCEDURE LEADING TO THE DISPUTED APPOINTMENT .
9 SINCE THE CASE INVOLVES A DECISION TO PROMOTE AN OFFICIAL IT MUST FIRST BE EMPHASIZED THAT , IN ASSESSING THE INTERESTS OF THE SERVICE AND THE QUALITIES TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DECISION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 45 OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS , THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY POSSESSES A WIDE DISCRETION AND THAT , IN THAT CONNECTION , THE COURT MUST RESTRICT ITSELF TO CONSIDERATION OF THE QUESTION WHETHER , REGARD BEING HAD TO THE VARIOUS CONSIDERATIONS WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED THE ADMINISTRATION IN MAKING ITS ASSESSMENT , THE LATTER HAS REMAINED WITHIN REASONABLE LIMITS AND HAS NOT USED ITS POWER IN A MANIFESTLY INCORRECT WAY .
10 IN DISPUTING THE CHOICE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE , THE APPLICANT FIRST CLAIMS THAT THE DECISION TO APPOINT MR RANDLES HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN ADVANCE .
11 ON THAT POINT IT MAY BE OBSERVED THAT , IF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ISPRA ESTABLISHMENT HAD FORMED A VIEW BEFORE REFERRING THE MATTER TO THE RECRUITING COMMITTEE AND BEFORE INTERVIEWING THE FIFTH CANDIDATE OF WHOM HE WAS NOT AWARE AT THAT STAGE , THOSE FACTS COULD NOT AFFECT THE