SHOULD HAVE ENTERED THE APPLICANTS' NAMES ON THE LIST OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES
7 THE APPLICANTS MAINTAIN THAT THE PROCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS REQUIRED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ENTER THEIR NAMES ON THE LIST OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES SINCE THEY HELD A DEGREE OR DIPLOMA FROM A UNIVERSITY OR A COMPARABLE ESTABLISHMENT . IN THEIR VIEW, THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE CONFINED ITS TASK TO VERIFYING WHETHER THEY HELD SUCH A DEGREE OR DIPLOMA AND TO DEFINING THE AREA OF COMPETENCE IN WHICH THEY WERE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING CATEGORY A DUTIES . THEY ARGUE THAT NO PROPER OBJECTION CAN BE MADE TO THAT ARGUMENT ON THE BASIS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT SINCE CANDIDATES WITH DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS AND CANDIDATES WITHOUT DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS ARE IN OBJECTIVELY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS .
8 IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED IN THIS REGARD THAT, ACCORDING TO SECTION III OF THE PROCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS TO EXAMINE APPLICATIONS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH III ( 2 ). FIRST, THE COMMITTEE IS TO SCRUTINIZE THE CANDIDATE' S APPLICATION AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, HOLD A PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH THE CANDIDATE AND/OR HIS SUPERIORS . THAT INITIAL STAGE IS IN PRINCIPLE FOLLOWED BY THE ASSESSMENT OF A SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL DISSERTATION WHOSE SUBJECT IS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE . HOWEVER, CANDIDATES HOLDING A DEGREE OR DIPLOMA FROM A UNIVERSITY OR COMPARABLE ESTABLISHMENT WHO ALSO FULFIL CERTAIN CONDITIONS RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SENIORITY ARE EXEMPTED FROM SUBMITTING A DISSERTATION : THOSE CANDIDATES "MAY BE RECOGNIZED AS ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER FOLLOWING VERIFICATION OF THEIR DIPLOMAS AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMITTEE TO ASSESS THEIR LEVEL AND AREAS OF COMPETENCE ". FOLLOWING ITS DELIBERATIONS THE COMMITTEE DRAWS UP A LIST OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES AND A REASONED REPORT BOTH OF WHICH IT SUBMITS TO THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY .
9 IT IS APPARENT FROM THE ACTUAL WORDING OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED PROVISIONS THAT THE CANDIDATES HOLDING A DEGREE OR DIPLOMA FROM A UNIVERSITY OR COMPARABLE ESTABLISHMENT "MAY" BE RECOGNIZED AS ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER . THE POSSESSION OF THE DEGREE OR DIPLOMA DOES NOT THEREFORE AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLE THEM TO BE DECLARED SUITABLE FOR PERFORMING CATEGORY A DUTIES . FURTHERMORE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE' S TASK IS NOT ONLY TO DETERMINE THEIR AREA, BUT ALSO THEIR LEVEL, OF COMPETENCE BEFORE DRAWING UP THE LIST OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES .
10 IT IS TRUE THAT CANDIDATES HOLDING A DEGREE OR DIPLOMA ARE IN A SITUATION WHICH IS OBJECTIVELY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN LEGITIMATE CAUSE FOR THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT PARTICULAR ARRANGEMENTS FOR DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE CANDIDATES . HOWEVER, CONTRARY TO THE APPLICANT' S ARGUMENT, THAT CIRCUMSTANCE COULD NOT HAVE JUSTIFIED MORE FAVOURABLE TREATMENT BEING ACCORDED TO CANDIDATES WITH DEGREES OR DIPLOMAS WHEN THE LIST OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES WAS DRAWN UP .
11 IN FACT, ALL CATEGORY B STAFF ARE EQUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER TO THE NEXT HIGHER CATEGORY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A DEGREE OR A DIPLOMA . SUCH A TRANSFER MUST BE MADE ON