Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 17 December 2015

Italian Republic v European Commission

Languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators — Choice of second language from three languages — Language of communication with the candidates to the competition — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1), Article 27, first paragraph, and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of non-discrimination — Proportionality

Case T-275/13


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
29/01/2016 Italy v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:1000
17/12/2015 Italy v Commission
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:1000
17/12/2015 Italy v Commission
Application (OJ)
05/07/2013 Italy v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
7 General and final provisions
  7.05 Language arrangements
9 Staff cases
  9.08 Recruitment
    9.08.04 Competitions
      9.08.04.02 Application form
9 Staff cases
  9.08 Recruitment
    9.08.04 Competitions
      9.08.04.04 Conduct of competitions
        9.08.04.04.02 Organisation and content of tests
9 Staff cases
  9.08 Recruitment
    9.08.04 Competitions
      9.08.04.04 Conduct of competitions
        9.08.04.04.01 Conditions for admission
3 Legal proceedings
  3.02 Actions for annulment
    3.02.04 Pleas in law
      3.02.04.04 Infringement of essential procedural requirements
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.01 Principle of equality and non-discrimination
9 Staff cases
  9.08 Recruitment
    9.08.04 Competitions
      9.08.04.04 Conduct of competitions
        9.08.04.04.02 Organisation and content of tests
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.01 Principle of equality and non-discrimination
9 Staff cases
  9.08 Recruitment
    9.08.04 Competitions
      9.08.04.04 Conduct of competitions
        9.08.04.04.02 Organisation and content of tests
9 Staff cases
  9.23 Judicial proceedings
    9.23.05 Judgment
      9.23.05.01 Effects of a judgment annulling a measure


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/05/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

17/12/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 59 from 15.02.2016, p.13

Application: OJ C 207 from 20.07.2013, p.49

Name of the parties

Italy v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gazin, Fabienne: Régime linguistique des concours, Europe 2016 Février Comm. nº 2 p.16 (FR)
  2. Singer, Philippe: Le pénal tient le disciplinaire en l'état ... Yes, but how long ? Les grands principes à l'épreuve des réalités (suite), JurisNews 2016 N° 2-3 p.57-66 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Provisions governing the institutions

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : application granted

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Gratsias

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

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