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THEREFORE THIS SUBMISSION MUST BE REJECTED .
8(2 ) THE APPLICANT RAISES THE OBJECTION THAT THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION WAS LIABLE TO GIVE RISE TO MISUNDERSTANDING AND WAS EVEN UNINTELLIGIBLE .
SHE BASES HER ARGUMENT ON TWO PASSAGES IN THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION , THE FIRST BEING THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN SECTION III OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING OPEN COMPETITIONS ENTITLED ' ' APPLICATIONS ' ' : ' ' ONLY COPIES OF DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF QUALIFICATIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDIES COMPLETED BY THE CANDIDATE NEED BE SENT ' ' , THE OTHER BEING CONTAINED IN THE ACTUAL NOTICE OF COMPETITION UNDER HEADING III 1 . ' ' DEGREES , DIPLOMAS ETC . REQUIRED , ' ' INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING WORDS : ' ' UNIVERSITY DEGREES IN :
( A ) LAW ;
( B ) POLITICAL SCIENCE ;
( C ) SOCIAL SCIENCES ;
( D ) ECONOMICS ;
( E ) THE ARTS ;
( F ) A COMPARABLE DISCIPLINE ,
OR EQUIVALENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE . ' '
THAT WORDING DID NOT ENTITLE HER TO CONCLUDE THAT SHE HAD TO ENCLOSE IMMEDIATELY WITH HER APPLICATION FORM CERTIFICATES OTHER THAN HER UNIVERSITY DEGREE WHICH COULD PROVE THAT SHE HAD THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS .
SHE THEREFORE DID NOT DO SO , ALTHOUGH SHE WAS IN A POSITION TO PRODUCE OTHER DOCUMENTS , WHICH SHE SENT IN AFTER THE DATE BY WHICH APPLICATIONS HAD TO BE LODGED , FOR EXAMPLE , CERTIFICATES RELATING TO HER KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES , TO THE COMPLETION OF A PERIOD OF TEACHER TRAINING AND TO A PROBATIONARY PERIOD SPENT WITH THE COMMISSION , SINCE SHE THOUGHT THAT PURSUANT TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 2 OF ANNEX III TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES THE DEFENDANT WOULD REQUIRE HER TO PRODUCE THEM BEFORE MAKING A SELECTION BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS .
9UNDER HEADING III ' ' COMPETITION ' ' - OF THE ACTUAL NOTICE OF COMPETITION - THE WORDS ' ' UNIVERSITY DEGREE ' ' , TOGETHER WITH THE AGE LIMIT OF NOT MORE THAN 33 YEARS OF AGE , THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES AND COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 28 ( A ), ( B ) AND ( C ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE MINIMUM CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE COMPETITION PROPERLY SO-CALLED .
THUS THE CANDIDATE WAS FULLY INFORMED OF THE FACT THAT THE DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS REQUIRED OF HER WOULD BE ASSESSED ONLY IF SHE FULFILLED THE CONDITIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE COMPETITION , BASED FIRST ON QUALIFICATIONS AND THEN ON TESTS .
ON THE OTHER HAND , IN SECTION III OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING OPEN COMPETITIONS HEADED ' ' APPLICATIONS ' ' APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND , IN RELATION TO THE DIPLOMAS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE CORRESPONDING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDIES COMPLETED BY CANDIDATES , ' ' DOCUMENTS