Case T-401/16

C-635/20 P

Court of Justice

Status: In progress

Case on which the appeal is based: 62016TJ0401

DECISION

Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2023. European Commission v Italian Republic and Kingdom of Spain. Appeal – Rules on languages – Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators’ functions as investigators and team leaders – 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-635/20 P.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2023:98
Applicant: European Commission, EU institutions and bodies
Defendant: , Italy, Spain
Judge-Rapporteur: Ziemele
Type of procedure: Appeal - unfounded,Action for annulment,Appeal - inadmissible
Complementary documents:: Summary

16/02/2023

Title: Opinion of Advocate General Collins delivered on 19 May 2022. European Commission v Italian Republic and Kingdom of Spain. Appeal – Rules on languages – Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators’ functions as investigators and team leaders – 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-635/20 P.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2022:405
Advocate General: Collins

19/05/2022

Title: Sentencia del Tribunal General (Sala Novena) de 9 de septiembre de 2020. Reino de España y República Italiana contra Comisión Europea. Régimen lingüístico — Convocatoria de oposiciones generales para la selección de investigadores y de jefes de equipo — Conocimientos lingüísticos — Limitación de la elección de la segunda lengua de las oposiciones al alemán, inglés y francés — Prueba eliminatoria de comprensión lingüística en inglés — Lengua de comunicación — Reglamento n.º 1 — Artículo 1 quinquies, apartado 1, artículo 27 y artículo 28, letra f), del Estatuto — Discriminación por razón de la lengua — Justificación — Interés del servicio — Proporcionalidad. Asuntos T-401/16 y T-443/16.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2020:409
Applicant: Particular
Defendant: Comisión Europea, Instituciones y organismos de la UE
Judge-Rapporteur: Gratsias
Type of procedure: Recurso de anulación - fundado
Complementary documents:: Communication published in the Official Journal

Information

09/09/2020

Title: Asunto T-401/16: Recurso interpuesto el 29 de julio de 2016 — España/Comisión

17/10/2016