1. 

Appeal – Pleas in law – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility

(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))

(see paras 7 [4], 8)

2. 

Officials – Certification procedure – Conditions for admission – Fixing by the competition notice – Requirement to provide supporting documents – No warning from the administration concerning a candidate’s missing documents – Breach of duty to have regard for the welfare of staff and of the principle of sound administration – Absence

(Staff Regulations, Art. 45a)

(see paras 7 [15-20], 8)

3. 

Officials – Certification procedure – Conditions for admission – Fixing by the competition notice – Administration's discretion – Judicial review – Limits – Requirement to include a list of annexes, failing which the application would be rejected – Breach of principle of proportionality – None

(Staff Regulations, Art. 45a)

(see paras 7 [28-30, 33-35], 8)

4. 

European Union – Rules on languages – Regulation No 1 – Scope – Relations between the institutions and their staff – Included in the absence of specific regulations

(Council Regulation No 1, Arts 1 and 6)

(see paras 7 [38], 8)

5. 

European Union – Rules on languages – Regulation No 1 – Scope – Candidates taking part in an external competition – Included – Candidates taking part in an internal competition – Not included – No breach of the principle of equal treatment

(Council Regulation No 1, Arts 1 and 6)

(see paras 7 [42, 43], 8)

6. 

Officials – Certification procedure – Notice of competition – No obligation to publish in all the official languages of the European Union – Discrimination based on language – Whether permissible – Conditions

(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 21; Staff Regulations, Art. 1d(6) and 45a and Annex III, Art. 1(2); Council Regulation No 1, Art. 5)

(see paras 7 [51, 52], 8)

1. 

The appeal is dismissed as in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded.

2. 

Mr João Miguel Barata shall bear his own costs.