Judgment of the General Court of 31 March 2011 - Italy v EESC
(Rules on the use of languages - Vacancy notice concerning the recruitment of the Secretary-General of the EESC - Publication in three official languages - Information relating to the vacancy notice - Publication in all official languages - Action for annulment - Admissibility - Articles 12 EC and 290 EC - Article 12 of the CEOS - Regulation No 1)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: R. Adam, Agent, and by P. Gentili, lawyer)
Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) (represented initially by: M. Bermejo Garde, and subsequently by: M. Arsène, Agents, and by A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)
Intervener in support of the applicant : Kingdom of Spain, (represented by: F. Díez Moreno, Agent)
Re:
ACTION for annulment, firstly, of vacancy notice No 73/07 concerning a post of Secretary-General in the Secretariat of the EESC, published in the English, French and German versions of the Official Journal of the European Union of 28 December 2007 (OJ 2007 C 316 A, p. 1), and, secondly, of the corrigendum to that vacancy notice published in the English, French and German versions of the Official Journal of the European Union of 30 January 2008 (OJ 2008 C 25 A, p. 19)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls vacancy notice No 73/07 concerning a post of Secretary-General in the Secretariat of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), published on 28 December 2007, as corrected on 30 January 2008;
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 116, 9.5.2008.