Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 20 September 2011 -Van Soest v Commission
(Civil Service - Recruitment - Competition - Conditions for admission - Required qualification - Concept of a diploma attesting to a level of secondary education and giving access to post-secondary education - Decisions of the selection board for a competition - Nature of the review exercised by the appointing authority)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Barry Van Soest (Etterbeek, Belgium) (represented by: S. Pappas, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of the Commission's decision which terminated the recruitment procedure for the applicant, who had passed a competition and been included on the reserve list, because he did not hold a diploma of secondary education giving access to post-secondary education.
Operative part of the judgment
The Tribunal:
Dismisses the application;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Van Soest.
____________1 - OJ C 30, 29.01.11, p. 66.