Judgment of the General Court of 12 September 2013 – Italy v Commission
(Case T-218/09) 1
(Languages – Notices of open competition for the recruitment of assistants – Language of the tests – Choice of second language from three official languages)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato)
Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by: J. Currall and J. Baquero Cruz, and subsequently by: J. Currall and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: K. Drēviņa, acting as Agent)
Re:
Application for annulment of Notices of open competitions EPSO/AST/91/09, to constitute a reserve list for the recruitment of assistants (AST 3) in the offset printing field, and EPSO/AST/92/09, to constitute a reserve list for the recruitment of assistants (AST 3) in the pre-press field, published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 18 March 2009 (OJ 2009 C 63 A, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Annuls the notices of open competitions EPSO/AST/91/09, to constitute a reserve list for the recruitment of assistants (AST 3) in the offset printing field, and EPSO/AST/92/09, to constitute a reserve list for the recruitment of assistants (AST 3) in the pre-press field, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 23 January 2008;
2. Orders the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia and the European Commission to bear their own costs.
____________1 OJ C 180, 1.8.2009.