Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2010 - Spain v Commission
(Joined Cases T-156/07 and 232/07) 1 (Rules on the use of languages - Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators - Publication in all the official languages - Amendments - Regulation No 1 - Articles 27, 28 and Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations - Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of non-discrimination)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: Case T-156/07, F. Díez Moreno and, Case T 232/07, F. Díez Moreno and N. Díaz Abad, abogados del Estado)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: J. Currall, L. Escobar Guerrero and H. Krämer, and subsequently by J. Currall, H. Krämer and J. Baquero Cruz, Agents, assisted by A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)
Interveners in support of the applicant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by: D. Kriaučiūnas, Agent) (Cases T-156/07 and T-232/07); and Hellenic Republic (represented by: S. Vodina and M. Michelogiannaki, Agents) (Case T-156/07)
Re:
Application for annulment, first, of the Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/94/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information, communication and media (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 3) and, second, of the Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/95/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information science (library/documentation)' (OJ 2007 C 103 A, p. 7).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the application;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission;
Orders the Republic of Lithuania and the Hellenic Republic to bear their own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 140, 23.6.2007.