Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2024 – EO v Commission
(Case T-623/18) 1
(Civil service – Officials – Recruitment – Notice of competition – Open competitions EPSO/AD/323/16 and EPSO/AD/324/16 – Decision not to include the applicant on the reserve list – Language arrangements – Annulment of the competition notice – Consequences – Interest in bringing proceedings – Non-material damage)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: EO (represented by: E. Metodieva and V. Panayotov, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Milanowska, L. Vernier and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
Re:
By her action based on Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, the annulment of (i) the decision of 12 December 2017 by which the selection board for competition EPSO/AD/323/16 did not include her name on the reserve list drawn up at the end of the selection procedure, (ii) the decision of 9 July 2018 rejecting her complaint against that decision and (iii) the ‘results’ of that reserve list and, secondly, compensation for the material and non-material damage which she claims to have suffered as a result of the non-inclusion of her name on that reserve list.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the selection board for competition EPSO/AD/323/16 of 1 February 2018 rejecting EO’s request for review;
Orders the European Commission to pay EO the sum of EUR 6000;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Orders the Commission to pay the costs.
____________
1 OJ C 4, 7.1.2019.