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Document 62017TN0704

    Case T-704/17: Action brought on 9 October 2017 — Spain v Commission

    OJ C 424, 11.12.2017, p. 53–54 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    11.12.2017   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 424/53

    Action brought on 9 October 2017 — Spain v Commission

    (Case T-704/17)

    (2017/C 424/77)

    Language of the case: Spanish

    Parties

    Applicant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, acting as Agent)

    Defendant: European Commission

    Form of order sought

    The applicant claims that the General Court should:

    —

    annul the competition notice;

    —

    order the European Commission to pay the costs.

    Pleas in law and main arguments

    In support of the action, the applicant relies on three pleas in law.

    1.

    First plea: infringement of Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation No 1/58, of Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’) and of Article 1d of the Staff Regulations through the imposition of the restriction, which extends to the application form, that communication between EPSO and the candidate is to be solely in English, French and German.

    2.

    Second plea: infringement of Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation No 1/58, of Article 22 of the Charter and of Article 1d(1) and (6) of the Staff Regulations in that the choice of second language is improperly restricted to solely three languages, namely English, French and German, to the exclusion of the other official languages of the European Union, and because in Option 1 the third language is restricted to English, French and German, to the exclusion of the other official languages of the European Union.

    3.

    Third plea: the choice of English, French and German constitutes an arbitrary choice that gives rise to discrimination on the ground of language prohibited by Article 1 of Regulation No 1/58, Article 22 of the Charter and Article 1d(1) and (6) of the Staff Regulations.
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