CELEX: C2002/182A/02
Language: en
Date: 2002-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Notice of open competition CJ/LA/23

C 182 A/8               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       31.7.2002
                                              NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION CJ/LA/23
                                                               (2002/C 182 A/02)
               The Court of Justice of the European Communities is organising an open competition, based on
               qualifications and tests, for the constitution of a reserve list for future recruitment of:
                                                           LAWYER-LINGUISTS (M/F)
                                                          of English mother tongue
                                                           (Career bracket LA 7/LA 6)
This reserve list will be constituted with a view to filling vacant         II.  WORKING CONTEXT
posts in that career bracket which cannot be filled by transfer
or promotion of officials already in service at the Court of
Justice, or by internal competition, or by transfer of officials of         The Court of Justice recruits persons with appropriately high
other institutions of the European Communities.                             legal qualifications who can show that they are capable of
                                                                            adapting throughout their career. Candidates will have the
                                                                            ability to translate into their mother tongue legal texts,
                                                                            frequently of a complex nature, from at least two official
The period of validity of the reserve list will expire on                   languages of the European Communities, one of which, for
31 December in the year following the year in which it was                  reasons dictated by the needs of the service, must be French.
established. It may be extended, in which case the candidates
on the list will be duly notified.
                                                                            In the performance of their duties lawyer-linguists use data-
                                                                            accessing and retrieval systems and word-processing systems
Each candidate is requested to read carefully the ‘Guide to                 on a regular basis.
candidates taking part in an open competition’ contained in
this Official Journal.                                                      Candidates must be capable of working under pressure on a
                                                                            regular basis, both independently and as members of a team,
                                                                            and of adapting to a multicultural working environment.
               Place of employment: Luxembourg                              Lastly, they will always be concerned to develop their pro-
                                                                            fessional skills throughout their career.
The Court of Justice of the European Communities pursues
a policy of assuring equal opportunities by excluding all                   III.  REMUNERATION
discrimination based on sex, handicap, race, religion or sexual
orientation, whether during the recruitment procedure or
when filling posts in its departments.                                      The basic monthly salary ranges from EUR 4 521,59 for
                                                                            Grade LA 7 (step 1) and EUR 5 825,99 for Grade LA 6 (step 3).
The final date for receipt of applications, curricula vitae                 There may also be allowances the nature and amount of which
and supporting documents is 30 September 2002.                              are indicated in the ‘Guide to candidates taking part in an open
                                                                            competition’ inserted in this Official Journal.
                                                                            The remuneration is subject to the Community income tax and
I.  NATURE OF DUTIES                                                        to the other deductions provided for in the Staff Regulations of
                                                                            officials of the European Communities.
Translation into English of legal texts from at least two other
                                                                            For example, the net monthly salary, after compulsory
official languages of the European Communities (1).
                                                                            deductions (pension, insurance, Community income tax) of an
                                                                            unmarried official with no dependants and in receipt of the
                                                                            expatriation allowance, is approximately:
(1) The official languages of the European Communities are Danish,          —     for Grade LA 7, step 1: EUR 4 279,76,
    Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portugue-
    se, Spanish and Swedish.                                                —     for Grade LA 6, step 3: EUR 5 334,86.
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IV.    ELIGIBILITY                                                         Accordingly, there will be eliminated at this stage those
                                                                           candidates who have not used the compulsory application
                                                                           form inserted in this Official Journal, or a photocopy of that
On the final date for receipt of applications, candidates must             form, who have omitted to sign it, who have sent their
satisfy the following conditions:                                          application out of time and/or who do not satisfy the
                                                                           conditions laid down in Article 28(a), (b) and (c) on the Staff
                                                                           Regulations of officials of the European Communities.
1.     General conditions
       The conditions laid down in Article 28(a), (b) and (c)
       of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European               VI.   ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION ON THE BASIS OF QUALI-
       Communities, that is to say:                                              FICATIONS
       (a)  they must be nationals of one of the Member States
                                                                           The selection board will examine the application files of the
            of the European Community, unless an exception is
                                                                           candidates on the list of candidates drawn up by the appointing
            authorised by the appointing authority, and must
                                                                           authority on the basis of their application form and curriculum
            enjoy their full rights as a citizen;
                                                                           vitae and of the supporting documents produced by the final
                                                                           date for receipt of applications and will draw up the list of
       (b) they must have fulfilled any obligations imposed on             candidates who satisfy the conditions under Section IV.2.
            them by the laws concerning military service;                  (Special conditions: qualifications — knowledge of languages).
                                                                           The candidates on this second list will be eligible for selection
       (c)  they must produce the appropriate character refer-             on the basis of qualifications.
            ences as to their suitability for the performance of
            their duties.
                                                                           There will be excluded at this stage those candidates who do
                                                                           not satisfy the requirements set out under Section IV.2, or who
                                                                           have not, by the final date for receipt of applications, produced
2.     Special conditions                                                  a curriculum vitae or provided evidence or their statements in
                                                                           the form of photocopies of the relevant documents (see
       (a)  Qualifications required                                        Section XII.3, below).
            Completion of a course in law evidenced either by a
            degree in law awarded in the United Kingdom or
            Ireland or by qualification as an advocate, barrister
            or solicitor in the United Kingdom or Ireland.                 VII. SELECTION ON THE BASIS OF QUALIFICATIONS
       (b) Knowledge of languages
                                                                           On the basis of this second list the selection board will,
            —     Perfect command of the English language,                 after establishing the criteria for assessing the candidates’
                                                                           qualifications, examine those qualifications and will indicate
                                                                           on the said list the candidates admitted to the written tests.
            —     good knowledge of French,
            —     good knowledge of another official language              The selection will be made by the selection board on the basis
                  of the European Communities.                             of the supporting documents produced by the candidates by
                                                                           the final date for receipt of applications and of the information
            Account will be taken of knowledge of other official           contained in their curricula vitae.
            languages of the European Communities, and of
            Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian,
            Polish, Slovak or Slovene.
                                                                           For that reason, candidates must include in their application
                                                                           file, in addition to a copy of all the documents required for
                                                                           admission to the competition, a copy of all supporting
                                                                           documents needed for the selection board to be able to make
V.   LIST OF CANDIDATES
                                                                           the selection on the basis of qualifications, failing which they
                                                                           will, on the basis of that selection, be excluded from the tests.
The list of candidates who have submitted their application
file in the form and within the period prescribed and who
satisfy the general conditions laid down at point 1 of Section IV          Candidates will be informed in writing of the selection
will be drawn up by the appointing authority and transmitted               board’s conclusions with respect to them following
to the selection board together with the candidates’ application           the abovementioned examination of their application
files.                                                                     documents.
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VIII.  RE-EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS                                   3.   Optional test (without dictionary)
Within 15 days from the date of dispatch of the letter (as                   Translation into English of a legal text written, according
attested by the postmark) informing him that his application                 to the choice made by the candidate:
has not been accepted, a candidate may ask for his application
to be re-examined if he considers that a mistake has been                    —    in an official language of the European Communities
made.                                                                             other than French and that chosen by the candidate
                                                                                  for the second compulsory test,
The request for re-examination, which should mention the
                                                                                  or
number of the competition stated on the letter, must be sent
to the Personnel Division of the Court of Justice of the
European Communities, L-2925 Luxembourg.                                     —    in Czech or Lithuanian.
The selection board will then re-examine the candidate’s case.               Time allowed: one hour.
The candidate will be informed of the selection board’s
conclusions with respect to him following the re-examination
                                                                             Marks: from 0 to 20 (account will be taken, for the
of his application file.
                                                                             purposes of establishing the final order of merit, only of
                                                                             marks in excess of 10). No marks will be deducted for
                                                                             poor performance in the optional test.
IX.   WRITTEN TESTS
Candidates must specify in the application form the                     4.   Conduct of the written tests and correction of papers
languages chosen for the compulsory tests and, should
they intend to sit the optional test, the language chosen                    (a)  Each written test will take place simultaneously, for
for that test. Candidates will be allowed to sit each test                        all candidates, at all the examination centres on the
only in the language they have specified in the application                       date indicated in the letters inviting them to attend.
form.                                                                             No exception will be made.
                                                                             (b) The candidates will sit the written tests in one round.
1.    First compulsory test (without dictionary)
                                                                             (c)  The selection board will correct the first paper of all
                                                                                  candidates who attend the tests.
      Translation into English of a legal text written in Dutch,
      French, German or Italian, according to the choice made
      by the candidate.                                                      (d) The second paper will be corrected only in the case
                                                                                  of candidates who have obtained at least 20 marks
                                                                                  in the first test.
      Time allowed: two-and-a-half hours.
                                                                             (e)  The optional paper will be corrected after the
      Marks: from 0 to 40 (minimum required: 20).                                 marking of the oral test and only in the case of
                                                                                  candidates who have obtained, in the compulsory
                                                                                  tests, both written and oral, the marks required for
                                                                                  them to be admitted to the reserve list. Account will
2.    Second compulsory test (without dictionary)                                 be taken, for the purposes of establishing the final
                                                                                  order of merit, only of marks in excess of 10
      Translation into English of a legal text written:                           obtained by candidates in the optional paper.
      —    in French, for candidates who have chosen Dutch,
           German or Italian for the first compulsory test,             X.  COMPULSORY ORAL TEST
           or,
      —    if French was the language chosen for the first              1.   Admission to the test
           compulsory test, in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German,
           Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish,
                                                                             Candidates who have obtained at least 50 % of the marks
           according to the choice made by the candidate.
                                                                             in each of the first two compulsory written tests will be
                                                                             admitted to the oral test.
      Time allowed: two hours.
                                                                             Candidates will be informed in writing of the selection
      Marks: from 0 to 30 (minimum required: 15).                            board’s conclusions with respect to them.
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2.   Nature of the test                                                 3.    The attention of candidates is drawn to the fact that, in
                                                                              order to enable the selection board to decide on their
                                                                              eligibility for selection on the basis of qualifications
     Discussion, in English, with the selection board to enable
                                                                              (Section VI) and to make that selection (Section VII), they
     it to assess:
                                                                              must produce, by the date prescribed at point 1 of this
                                                                              section:
     (a)   the candidates’ professional experience and the level
           of their general, legal and linguistic knowledge; on
           this occasion, account will also be taken of know-                 —     a copy of all supporting documents relating to
           ledge of official languages of the European Com-                         their academic qualifications and their training,
           munities other than those which were the subject of
           the written tests;
                                                                              —     a copy of all supporting documents relating to
                                                                                    their statements concerning their knowledge of
     (b) the candidates’ motivation and their ability to per-
                                                                                    languages; in the absence of such documents, candi-
           form their duties in an institution of the European
                                                                                    dates must explain exhaustively and in great detail
           Communities.
                                                                                    in their curriculum vitae how they acquired their
                                                                                    knowledge of languages,
     Time allowed: about 45 minutes.
                                                                              —     a detailed curriculum vitae clarifying and amplify-
                                                                                    ing the information entered on the application form
3.   Marks for the test                                                             as regards the nature, extent and level of their legal
                                                                                    studies, their training and knowledge of languages,
     The marks for the test will be from 0 to 30, divided as                        and their professional experience, if any.
     follows:
     —     from 0 to 20 for the first part of the test,                       The production of the curriculum vitae can in no case
                                                                              exempt candidates from the requirement to produce
     —     from 0 to 10 for the second part of the test.                      supporting documents.
     A mark lower than 50 % in either part of the test will be
     eliminatory.                                                       4.    If, at a later stage in the procedure, it appears that the
                                                                              particulars contained in the application form are incorrect
                                                                              or are not confirmed by the originals of the documents
                                                                              required, the admission of the candidate to the compe-
XI.  RESERVE LIST                                                             tition will be declared null and void.
There will be placed on the reserve list, in order of merit, the
candidates who have obtained the most marks, provided that              5.    None of the documents submitted in connection with an
they have obtained at least the minimum marks required for                    application will be returned to the candidate.
each of the compulsory tests.
                                                                        6.    Candidates, including officials and other servants of
The order of merit will be established on the basis of the marks              the European Communities, may in no case refer to
obtained by the candidates in the compulsory tests, increased,                documents, application forms, information sheets, etc.
in the case of candidates who sat the optional test, by the                   which they lodged on the occasion of previous appli-
marks in excess of 10 obtained by them in that test.                          cations and/or which are contained in their personal file.
XII.  LODGING OF APPLICATIONS AND SUPPORTING
      DOCUMENTS
                                                                        XIII.  INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
1.   In submitting their application, candidates are required
     to use the application form inserted in this Official Journal      1.    All candidates in this competition will be informed
     or a photocopy of that form. The form, accompanied by                    individually, in accordance with the following pro-
     a curriculum vitae and the relevant supporting docu-                     visional timetable, of the selection board’s conclusions
     ments, must be sent, preferably by registered post, by                   with respect to them, as to:
     30 September 2002 at the latest (as attested by the
     postmark) to the Personnel Division, Court of Justice of
     the European Communities, L-2925 Luxembourg.                             —     whether or not they have been admitted to the
                                                                                    written tests: October 2002,
2.   In accordance with Section V, any unsigned application
     form will not be considered.                                             —     the date of the written tests: December 2002,
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    —    whether or not they have been admitted to the oral           4.   All correspondence relating to this recruitment procedure
         test: February 2003,                                              must be addressed exclusively to the Personnel Division.
                                                                           Direct or indirect approaches by candidates to the
    —    the date of the oral test: March 2003,                            selection board are expressly prohibited.
    —    whether or not they have been placed on the reserve          NB:   The Commission has formally submitted to the
         list: April 2003.                                                  Council a proposal for amendment of the Staff
                                                                            Regulations of officials of the European Communi-
                                                                            ties. That proposal includes, in particular, a new
2.  The surname under which an application is submitted                     careers structure. Successful candidates in this com-
    must be used in all subsequent correspondence.                          petition might therefore receive an offer of employ-
                                                                            ment based on new provisions of the Staff Regu-
3.  Any change of address must be notified immediately in                   lations, following adoption of the abovementioned
    writing to the Personnel Division.                                      proposal by the Council.
 ---pagebreak---                      COURT OF JUSTICE
                                OF THE                                                                                                                                          Competition CJ/LA/23
               EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                       L-2925 Luxembourg
                                                                    APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
                                                             (Please use a typewriter or write in block capitals in BLACK ink)
                                                                                    NATURE OF POST APPLIED FOR
                                                             LAWYER-LINGUISTS OF ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE
 1.   Surname:                                                                              Forenames:                                                                Maiden name (where applicable):
      ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 2.   Address for correspondence:                                                           Telephone No:                                                             E-mail:
      ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 3.   Permanent address:
      ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 4.   Place of birth:                                                                       Date of birth:                                                            Nationality at birth:
      ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
      Present nationality (if you have dual nationality, indicate both):
      ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 5.   Sex (place a cross in the appropriate box):                                                           6. Marital status (place a cross in the appropriate box):
         MALE                       FEMALE                                                                       SINGLE                  MARRIED                 WIDOW (ED)                DIVORCED               LEGALLY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                SEPARATED
          M                            M                                                                            M                        M                         M                        M                     M
 7.   Have you any dependants?                                                                              YES M                  NO M
      If ‘yes’, give the following information:
                            Name                            Date of birth                Relationship                                      Name                           Date of birth                Relationship
       ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
       ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
       ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
       ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
       ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
 8.   Have you any national service commitments? If so, give details: ....................................................................................................................
 9.   Name and address of person to be informed in case of accident: ..................................................................................................................
10.   Occupation of spouse: ......................................................................................................................................................................................
C 182 A/2002 EN
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                                                                        11.      Are any of your relatives employed in institutions of the European Communities?
                     Recent identity                                                                                                                                               YES M NO M
                        photograph
             (maximum 4 cm x 4 cm)                                               If ‘yes’, indicate surname, first name, relationship and position:
                                                                                  ............................................................................................................................................
                                                                        12.      Education (give full details in the spaces below)
                                                                                 (A) Higher education (university or equivalent):
                                                                               Years of study
           Name and address of establishment                                                                             University degrees and diplomas                                        Main subjects
                                                                            from                 to
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    (B) Education since the age of 14 (specify secondary education, technical education, equivalent training, etc. in the column headed ‘Type
          of establishment’):
                                                                                                                           Years of study
           Name and address of establishment                                Type of establishment                                                                      Certificates and qualifications
                                                                                                                        from                 to
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
13. Important works published by you (indicate, in the first instance, works with a bearing on the post for which you are applying; add an
    extra sheet if necessary):
     ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
     ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
     ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
14. Knowledge of languages and choice for written tests (this choice is final: see the ‘Notice of competition’, point IX):
                                                                      READ                     WRITTEN                      SPOKEN
                                                                   Very good                   Very good                   Very good                       First                     Second
                                          Native                                                                                                                                                               Optional
                                                                   OR Good                      OR Good                     OR Good                    compulsory                  compulsory
                                        language                                                                                                                                                                  test
                                                                  OR Average                  OR Average                  OR Average                        test                        test
        Danish                   ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Dutch                    ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        English                  ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Finnish                  ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        French                   ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        German                   ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Greek                    ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Italian                  ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Portuguese               ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Spanish                  ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Swedish                  ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Other                    ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
        Other                    ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
15. Office skills
    Typing:                                                                                                    M YES                    M NO
        Speed (if known): ...........................................................
        Keyboard normally used:
        M AZERTY                          M QWERTY                          M GREEK                            M OTHER
    Wordprocessing:                                                                                            M YES                    M NO
        Program(s) used: ............................................................
        Keyboard normally used:
        M AZERTY                          M QWERTY                          M GREEK                            M OTHER
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16. PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Starting with your present employment, indicate in reverse chronological order all the posts you have held in the
    past 10 years and any other relevant previous experience. Use one box for each position held. Add further sheets if necessary.
       1.                          Present or last employment                                                     2.
                  Dates                                      Net annual salary                                               Dates                                      Net annual salary
         From                 To                    Starting                            Latest                      From                 To                    Starting                              Last
       Exact title of your post:                                                                                  Exact title of your post:
       Name of your employer:                                                                                     Name of your employer:
       Full address of your employer:                                                                             Full address of your employer:
        Nature of your work (1):                                                                                   Nature of your work (1):
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
       Period of notice:
                                                                                                               ..........................................................................................................
        May we ask your present employer
        for a reference at this stage?                                          M YES             M NO         ..........................................................................................................
        Reasons for leaving:                                                                                       Reasons for leaving:
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
       3.         Dates                                       Net annual salary                                   4.         Dates                                       Net annual salary
         From                 To                    Starting                              Last                      From                 To                    Starting                              Last
       Exact title of your post:                                                                                  Exact title of your post:
       Name of your employer:                                                                                     Name of your employer:
       Full address of your employer:                                                                             Full address of your employer:
       Nature of your work (1):                                                                                   Nature of your work (1):
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
       Reasons for leaving:                                                                                       Reasons for leaving:
    .......................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................
    (1) Indicate the town in which you work (or worked) if other than that in which the head office of the establishment indicated above is (or was) situated.
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17. Residence abroad (years, countries visited, purpose of visit):
    ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18. Have you taken part in any competitive examination for a post with the European Communities before?                                                                                          YES M           NO M
    ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
19. Distinctions and decorations: ............................................................................................................................................................................
20. Social activities and sports: ...............................................................................................................................................................................
21. Special interests: ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
22. Referees: Give the names and addresses of three people who are not relatives and are well acquainted with your character and
    professional qualifications:
                                                                                                     FULL ADDRESS                                                                 OCCUPATION
                              FULL NAME                                                (and telephone number if you know it)                                                           (specify)
    ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23. Have you a physical handicap that might pose practical problems during the tests?
    YES M                   NO M
    If yes, please give details to enable the administration to make the necessary arrangements, if it can:
    ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24. CRIMINAL RECORD: Have you been convicted of any offence?
    (if so, give details)
    ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    I hereby declare that the information contained in this form is to the best of my knowledge correct and complete.
    I further declare that:
    1. I have not been deprived of my civic rights;
    2. I have complied with the provisions of all military recruitment laws applicable to me.
    I undertake to supply on request the necessary extracts, diplomas, certificates or documents in respect of the above declarations.
    I understand that any misstatement or omission, even if not wilful, may lead to the rejection of my application.
    I agree to undergo the compulsory medical examination prior to employment.
     ....................................................................                                                                                  ....................................................................
                                   (Date)                                                                                                                                             (Signature)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---    COURT OF JUSTICE
         OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  Personnel Department
                                      To be filled in by the candidate:
  L-2925 LUXEMBOURG
                                            Name:       .............................................................................
                                            Address: .............................................................................
                                                        .............................................................................
                                                        .............................................................................
                Acknowledgement of receipt of application for entry to
                competition CJ/LA/23
                Reminder:    Copies of documents relating to degrees or other qualifications and experience, if not
                             already sent, must be sent by 30 September 2002 at the latest, preferably by registered
                             post, and must bear the number of the competition.
        COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, KIRCHBERG, LUXEMBOURG
                       Telephone 43 03-1; Fax No 4303-2710; Luxembourg 2925.