CELEX: 62007TJ0166
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-13
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010.#Italian Republic v European Commission.#Rules on the use of languages - Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators and assistants - Publication in three official languages - Amendments - Publication in all the official languages - Choice of the second language from three languages - Regulation No 1 - Articles 27, 28 and 29(1) of the Staff Regulations - Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of non-discrimination - Misuse of power.#Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07.

Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010 – Italy v Commission
      (Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07)
      Rules on the use of languages – Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators and assistants – Publication in three official languages – Amendments – Publication in all the official languages – Choice of the second language from three languages – Regulation No 1 – Articles 27, 28 and 29(1) of the Staff Regulations – Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations – Duty to state reasons – Principle of non-discrimination – Misuse of power
      1.                     European Communities – Rules on languages – Regulation No 1 – Scope (Council Regulation No 1) (see paras 52-54)
      2.                     European Communities – Rules on languages – No general principle giving each citizen the right to have any document capable
            of affecting his interests drafted in his own language (Council Regulation No 1) (see para. 73)
      3.                     Officials – Competitions – Notice of competition – Publication in the Official Journal only in certain official languages
            (see paras 77-85)
      4.                     Officials – Competitions – Notice of competition – Full publication in the Official Journal only in certain official languages
            (see paras 91, 93-94)
      5.                     Officials – Principles – Protection of legitimate expectations – Conditions (see paras 110-112)
      Re:
      
         
               APPLICATION for the annulment of Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/94/07 for the drawing up of a reserve list for the recruitment
                  of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information, communication and the media (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 3) and Notice of Open
                  Competition EPSO/AST/37/07 for the drawing up of a reserve list for the recruitment of Assistants (AST 3) in the field of
                  communication and information (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 15), and Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/95/07 for the drawing up of
                  a reserve list for the recruitment of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information science (library/documentation) (OJ
                  2007 C 103 A, p. 7).
               
            Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the actions;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders the Italian Republic to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders the Republic of Lithuania and the Hellenic Republic to bear their own costs.