Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 27 November 2012 - Italian Republic v European Commission, Republic of Lithuania, Hellenic Republic
(C-566/10 P)
(Appeal - Rules on languages - Notices of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators and assistants - Publication in full in three official languages - Language of the tests - Choice of the second language among three official languages)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Appellant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, Agent, P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato)
Other parties to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and J. Baquero Cruz, Agents, assisted by A.
Dal Ferro, avvocato), Republic of Lithuania, Hellenic Republic (represented by: A. Samoni-Rantou, S. Vodina and G. Papagianni, Agents)
Re:
Appeal against the judgment delivered by the General Court (Sixth Chamber) on 13 September 2010 in Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07 Italy v Commission by which the General Court dismissed an application for annulment of Notices of Open Competition EPSO/AD/94/07 (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 3), EPSO/AST/37/07 (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 15) and EPSO/AD/95/07 (OJ 2007 C 103 A, p. 7)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 13 September 2010 in Joined Cases T-166/07 and T-285/07;
2. Annuls the notices of open competitions EPSO/AD/94/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information, communication and the media, EPSO/AST/37/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Assistants (AST 3) in the field of communication and information and EPSO/AD/95/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information science (library/documentation);
3. Orders the European Commission to pay the costs of the Italian Republic and to bear its own costs in both sets of proceedings;
4. Orders the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Lithuania to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 63, 26.02.2011.