1 . ADMISSIBILITY THE DEFENDANT OBJECTS THAT THIS SUBMISSION IS OUT OF TIME ON THE GROUND THAT THE APPLICANT DID NOT CONTEST AT THE PROPER TIME CERTAIN PREVIOUS DECISIONS ADMITTING AUXILIARY STAFF AS CANDIDATES FOR THE POST CONCERNED, NAMELY VACANCY NO 166 AND NOTICE OF COMPETITION NO 143/B . SINCE THE RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL INTERDEPENDENT MEASURES THIS OBJECTION WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO REQUIRING PERSONS CONCERNED TO BRING AS MANY ACTIONS AS THE NUMBER OF ACTS CAPABLE OF ADVERSELY AFFECTING THEM CONTAINED IN THE SAID PROCEDURE . HAVING REGARD TO THE CLOSE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT MEASURES COMPRISING THE RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE, IT MUST BE ACCEPTED THAT IN AN ACTION CONTESTING THE LATER STEPS IN SUCH A PROCEDURE, THE APPLICANT MAY CONTEST THE LEGALITY OF EARLIER STEPS WHICH ARE CLOSELY LINKED TO THEM . THEREFORE, SO AS TO REVIEW THE LEGALITY OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS KURZ, WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE APPEAL, THE COURT MAY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMPLAINTS RAISED BY THE APPLICANT AGAINST THE MEASURES PRIOR TO SUCH APPOINTMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR AGAINST THE DISPUTED NOTICES .
2 . ON THE SUBSTANCE ( A ) AS REGARDS THE COMPLAINT UNDER ( B ), THE APPLICANT HAS NOT ALLEGED ANY PRECISE FACT GIVING GROUNDS FOR THE SUPPOSITION THAT THE SELECTION BOARD DID NOT DULY TAKE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CANDIDATES INTO ACCOUNT . FURTHERMORE THE NOTICE OF COMPETITION MADE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN ' QUALIFICATIONS OR CERTIFICATES ' AND ' VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE ', SO THAT IT OBVIOUSLY PUT THESE TWO CRITERIA ON AN EQUAL FOOTING . NEXT, THE SAID NOTICE SPECIFIED ' THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DESIRABLE '. THEREFORE THE SELECTION BOARD WAS WITHIN ITS RIGHTS TO TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS LANGUAGE AS A DECISIVE CRITERION IN SO FAR AS THE CANDIDATE HAD A COMPARABLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OTHER LANGUAGES CONCERNED . FINALLY, WHILE IT IS OFTEN TRUE THAT A LONG STAY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY GIVES THE PERSON CONCERNED A CLEAR SUPERIORITY IN THE LINGUISTIC FIELD, NEVERTHELESS THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE . ( B ) AS REGARDS THE COMPLAINT MENTIONED AT ( C ) IT WAS NATURAL FOR THE SELECTION BOARD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE CARRYING OUT OF DUTIES IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR TO THE ONES NEEDED FOR THE POST TO BE FILLED . IT FOLLOWS FROM THE FOREGOING THAT THIS SUBMISSION MUST BE REJECTED . VII - SEVENTH SUBMISSION THE APPLICANT COMPLAINS THAT THE SELECTION BOARD IN ITS ASSESSMENT OF THE CANDIDATES CONSIDERED KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES AND VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF EVALUATING THEM SEPARATELY . THERE IS NO RULE FORBIDDING THE SELECTION BOARD TO PROCEED IN THE WAY THUS CRITICIZED UNLESS THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY IS, AS A RESULT, RENDERED INCAPABLE OF TAKING A JUST AND EQUITABLE DECISION . THERE IS NO ELEMENT IN THIS CASE WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO THE SUPPOSITION THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN SO HERE . THIS COMPLAINT IS THEREFORE UNFOUNDED . SINCE THE APPLICANT HAS NOT SUCCEEDED IN ANY OF HER SUBMISSIONS, HER APPLICATION MUST BE REJECTED AS UNFOUNDED .