Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 March 2019 — Kingdom of Spain v European Parliament
(Case C-377/16) 1
(Actions for annulment — Rules on languages — Selection procedure for contract staff — Call for expressions of interest — Drivers — Function group I — Knowledge of languages — Restriction of the choice of language 2 of the selection procedure to English, French and German — Language of communication — Regulation No 1 — Staff Regulations — Conditions of Employment of Other Servants — Discrimination based on language — Justification — Interests of the service)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M.J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego and M.A. Sampol Pucurull, Agents)
Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: D. Nessaf, C. Burgos and M. Rantala, Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the Call for Expressions of Interest Contract Staff — Function Group I — Drivers (F/M) — EP/CAST/S/16/2016;
Declares the database established pursuant to Call for Expressions of Interest Contract Staff — Function Group I — Drivers (F/M) — EP/CAST/S/16/2016 void;
Orders the European Parliament to pay the costs
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1 OJ C 314, 29.8.2016.