Judgment of the General Court of 17 November 2021 — KV v Commission

(Case T-430/20) (1)

(Civil service - Officials - Recruitment - Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 - Decision of the selection board to exclude the applicant from the next stage of the competition - Eligibility criterion related to professional experience - Compliance of the criterion used by the selection board with the competition notice)

(2022/C 24/36)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: KV (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara, T. Lilamand and I. Melo Sampaio, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment first, of the decision of the selection board of 19 September 2019 refusing the applicant’s request for reconsideration of the decision not to admit him to the next stage of open competition EPSO/AD/371/19 and, second, of the decision of the appointing authority of 31 March 2020 rejecting the applicant’s complaint against that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:

1.	Annuls the decision of the selection board of 19 September 2019 rejecting the request for review of KV’s exclusion from Competition EPSO/AD/371/19;

2.	Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2020.