Judgment of the General Court of 16 October 2013 – Italy v Commission

(Case T-248/10)¹

(Languages – Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators – Choice of second language from three languages – Regulation No 1/58 – Article 1d(1), Article 27, first paragraph, and Article 28(f) of the Staff Regulations – Article 1(1)(f) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations – Obligation to state reasons – Principle of non-discrimination)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, assisted by P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato)

Defendant: European Commission (represented initially by J. Currall, J. Baquero Cruz and B. Eggers, subsequently by J. Currall and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action for annulment of the notice of open competition EPSO/AD/177/10 – Administrators (AD 5), in the fields of European Public Administration, Law, Economics, Audit, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (OJ 2010 C 64A, p. 1)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Annuls the notice of open competition EPSO/AD/177/10 – Administrators (AD 5), in the fields of European Public Administration, Law, Economics, Audit, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT);

Orders the European Commission to pay, in addition to its own costs, those incurred by the Italian Republic.

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¹ OJ C 209, 31.7.2010.