Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 – Spain v Commission
(Case T-554/19) 1
(Rules on languages – Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators in the fields of competition law, financial law, economic and monetary union law, financial rules applicable to the EU budget, and protection of euro coins against counterfeiting – Restriction of the choice of language 2 of the competition to four languages – Regulation No 1 – Article 1d(1), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations – Discrimination based on language – Interests of the service – Proportionality )
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz, acting as Agent)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: I. Galindo Martín, T. Lilamand and D. Milanowska, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of notice of open competition EPSO/AD/374/19 for the establishment of a reserve list in the fields of competition law, financial law, economic and monetary union law, financial rules applicable to the EU budget, and protection of euro coins against counterfeiting (OJ 2019 C 191 A, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls notice of open competition EPSO/AD/374/19 for the establishment of a reserve list in the fields of competition law, financial law, economic and monetary union law, financial rules applicable to the EU budget, and protection of euro coins against counterfeiting;
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Kingdom of Spain.
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1 OJ C 319, 23.9.2019.