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Document 62020CA0623
Case C-623/20 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2023 — European Commission v Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — Rules on languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators in the field of audit — Knowledge of languages — Restriction of the choice of the second competition language to English, French and German — Language of communication with the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) — Regulation No 1 — Staff Regulations — Article 1d(1) — Difference in treatment based on language — Justification — Interests of the service — Requirement to recruit administrators who are ‘immediately operational’ — Judicial review — Standard of proof required)
Case C-623/20 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2023 — European Commission v Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — Rules on languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators in the field of audit — Knowledge of languages — Restriction of the choice of the second competition language to English, French and German — Language of communication with the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) — Regulation No 1 — Staff Regulations — Article 1d(1) — Difference in treatment based on language — Justification — Interests of the service — Requirement to recruit administrators who are ‘immediately operational’ — Judicial review — Standard of proof required)
Case C-623/20 P: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2023 — European Commission v Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain (Appeal — Rules on languages — Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators in the field of audit — Knowledge of languages — Restriction of the choice of the second competition language to English, French and German — Language of communication with the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) — Regulation No 1 — Staff Regulations — Article 1d(1) — Difference in treatment based on language — Justification — Interests of the service — Requirement to recruit administrators who are ‘immediately operational’ — Judicial review — Standard of proof required)
OJ C 127, 11.4.2023, pp. 2–2
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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11.4.2023 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 127/2 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2023 — European Commission v Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain
(Case C-623/20 P) (1)
(Appeal - Rules on languages - Notice of open competition for the recruitment of administrators in the field of audit - Knowledge of languages - Restriction of the choice of the second competition language to English, French and German - Language of communication with the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) - Regulation No 1 - Staff Regulations - Article 1d(1) - Difference in treatment based on language - Justification - Interests of the service - Requirement to recruit administrators who are ‘immediately operational’ - Judicial review - Standard of proof required)
(2023/C 127/02)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Appellant: European Commission (represented by: and D. Milanowska, acting as Agents)
Other parties to the proceedings: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato), Kingdom of Spain (represented by: L. Aguilera Ruiz and A. Gavela Llopis, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Italian Republic; |
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Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs. |