Action brought on 9 August 2016 — Italy v Commission

(Case T-443/16)

(2016/C 371/23)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and P. Gentili, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

Pleas in law and main arguments

The applicant contests before the General Court the notices of open competitions EPSO/AD/323/16 and EPSO/AD/324/16 to draw up reserve lists with, respectively, 40 places to fill vacant Administrator posts (AD 7) for the profile — Investigators: EU expenditure, anti-corruption, customs and trade, tobacco and counterfeit goods; and 10 places for Administrator posts (AD 9) for the profile — Investigators: Team leaders, published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 26 May 2016, No C 187 A.

The same competition notices are the subject of Case T-401/16, Spain v Commission.

The pleas in law and the main arguments are similar to those relied on in that case.

The applicant alleges, in particular, infringement of Articles 18 TFEU, 24 TFEU, and 342 TFEU, and of Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, infringement of the Staff Regulations, of the principle of protection of legitimate expectations, of the principle of proportionality and of the substantive rules inherent in the nature and purpose of notices of competition, misuse of powers and infringement of Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation 1/58.