Judgment of the General Court of 17 December 2015 — Italy v Commission
(Case T-510/13) 1
(Languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of translators — Choice of second language from three languages — Language of communication with the candidates to the competition — Regulation No 1 — Article 1d(1), Article 27 and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations — Principle of non-discrimination — Proportionality)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by P. Gentili and S. Fiorentino, avvocati dello Stato)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by J. Currall and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, abogado del Estado)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and B. Beutler, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of notice of open competitions EPSO/AD/260/13, EPSO/AD/261/13, EPSO/AD/262/13, EPSO/AD/263/13, EPSO/AD/264/13, EPSO/AD/265/13 and EPSO/AD/266/13 to draw up reserve lists for the recruitment of Danish-language translators, English-language translators, French-language translators, Italian-language translators, Maltese-language translators, Dutch-language translators and Slovenian-language translators (OJ 2013 C 199 A, p. 1).
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the notice of open competitions EPSO/AD/260/13, EPSO/AD/261/13, EPSO/AD/262/13, EPSO/AD/263/13, EPSO/AD/264/13, EPSO/AD/265/13 and EPSO/AD/266/13 to draw up reserve lists for the recruitment of Danish-language translators, English-language translators, French-language translators, Italian-language translators, Maltese-language translators, Dutch-language translators and Slovenian-language translators;
Orders the European Commission to bear, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the Italian Republic;
Orders the Kingdom of Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany to bear their own costs relating to their interventions.
____________1 OJ C 336, 16.11.2013.