Judgment of the General Court of 27 October 2021 – WM v Commission
(Case T-411/18) 1
(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of competition – Open Competition EPSO/AD/338/17 – Decision of the Selection Board to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition – Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 1d(1), (4) and (5) of the Staff Regulations – Reasonable accommodation – Principle of non-discrimination on the ground of disability – Directive 2000/78/EC – Liability – Material and non-material harm)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: WM (represented by: B. Entringer, lawyer)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T.S. Bohr and D. Milanowska, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of the Selection Board of open competition EPSO/AD/338/17 of 27 September 2017 to exclude the applicant from the next phase of the competition as well as the decision of the Appointing Authority of 19 April 2018 rejecting his complaint and, secondly, compensation for the damages he allegedly suffered as a result of those decisions.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders each party to bear its own costs.
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1 OJ C 61, 24.2.2020.