Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 November 2024 –  
WS v EUIPO

(Case T‑221/23)

(Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Recruitment – Selection procedure EXT/22/08/AD 6/DTD–Business Analyst – Decision not to admit the applicant to the next stage of the procedure – Action for annulment – Rule of correspondence – Article 91(2) of the Staff Regulations – Admissibility – Manifest error of assessment – Liability)

| 1. | Actions brought by officials – Pleas alleging the incompetence of the author of the act adversely affecting the applicant, infringement of essential procedural requirements and the failure to state adequate reasons – Pleas as a matter of public policy – Plea alleging breach of the right to protection of personal data – Not a matter of public policy  (see paragraph 54) |

| 2. | Officials – Decision adversely affecting a person – Rejection of an application – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Observance of the secrecy of the selection board’s proceedings – Statement of reasons limited to the communication of the scores awarded by the selection board – Whether permissible  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 25, second para. and Annex III, Art. 6)  (see paragraphs 71-75) |

| 3. | Officials – Members of the temporary staff – Recruitment – Assessment of candidates’ abilities – Consideration of comparative merits – Discretion of the Selection Board – Judicial review – Limits – Burden of proof  (see paragraphs 76-78) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders WS to pay the costs. |

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