CELEX: 62017TA0695
Language: en
Date: 2021-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Cases T-695/17 and T-704/17: Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Italy and Spain v Commission (Rules on languages — Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of German-language translators, French-language translators, Italian-language translators and Dutch-language translators — Restriction of the choice of languages 2 and 3 in the competitions to German, English and French — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1) and (6), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Discrimination based on language — Interests of the service — Proportionality — Obligation to state reasons)

2.8.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 310/18
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 June 2021 — Italy and Spain v Commission
      (Cases T-695/17 and T-704/17) (1)
      
      (Rules on languages - Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of German-language translators, French-language translators, Italian-language translators and Dutch-language translators - Restriction of the choice of languages 2 and 3 in the competitions to German, English and French - Regulation No 1 - Article 1d(1) and (6), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations - Discrimination based on language - Interests of the service - Proportionality - Obligation to state reasons)
      (2021/C 310/20)
      Languages of the cases: Italian and Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant in Case T-695/17: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato)
      
         Applicant in Case T-704/17: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz, acting as Agent)
      
         Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara, D. Milanowska, N. Ruiz García and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking the annulment of the notice of open competitions to draw up reserve lists for the recruitment of German-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/343/17), French-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/344/17), Italian-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/345/17) and Dutch-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/346/17) (OJ 2017 C 224 A, p. 1).
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Joins Cases T-695/17 and T-704/17 for the purposes of the judgment;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Annuls the notice of open competitions to draw up reserve lists for the recruitment German-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/343/17), French-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/344/17), Italian-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/345/17) and Dutch-language translators (AD 5) (EPSO/AD/346/17);
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Italian Republic in Case T-695/17 and those incurred by the Kingdom of Spain in Case T-704/17.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 424, 11.12.2017.