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Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010.#Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.#Rules on the use of languages - Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators - Publication in all the official languages - Amendments - Regulation No 1 - Articles 27, 28 and Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations - Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of non-discrimination.#Joined Cases T-156/07 and T-232/07.
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010.
Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.
Rules on the use of languages - Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators - Publication in all the official languages - Amendments - Regulation No 1 - Articles 27, 28 and Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations - Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of non-discrimination.
Joined Cases T-156/07 and T-232/07.
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010.
Kingdom of Spain v European Commission.
Rules on the use of languages - Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators - Publication in all the official languages - Amendments - Regulation No 1 - Articles 27, 28 and Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations - Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations - Obligation to state reasons - Principle of non-discrimination.
Joined Cases T-156/07 and T-232/07.
European Court Reports 2010 II-00191*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2010:392
Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010 – Spain v Commission
(Joined Cases T-156/07 and T-232/07)
Rules on the use of languages – Notice of open competitions for the recruitment of administrators – Publication in all the official languages – Amendments – Regulation No 1 – Articles 27, 28 and Article 29(1) of the Staff Regulations – Article 1(1) and (2) of Annex III to the Staff Regulations – Duty to state reasons – Principle of non-discrimination
1. European Communities – Rules on languages – No general principle giving each citizen the right to have any document capable of affecting his interests drafted in his own language (Council Regulation No 1) (see paras 53-54)
2. European Communities – Rules on languages – Regulation No 1 – Scope (Council Regulation No 1) (see paras 54-56)
3. Officials – Competitions – Notice of competition – Publication in the Official Journal only in certain official languages (see paras 61-69)
4. Officials – Competitions – Notice of competition – Full publication in the Official Journal only in certain official languages (see paras 80-85)
Re:
APPLICATION for annulment, first, of the Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/94/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information, communication and media (OJ 2007 C 45 A, p. 3) and, second, of the Notice of Open Competition EPSO/AD/95/07 to constitute a reserve pool of Administrators (AD 5) in the field of information science (library/documentation) (OJ 2007 C 103 A, p. 7). |
Operative part
The Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs and to pay those of the European Commission; |
3. |
Orders the Republic of Lithuania and the Hellenic Republic to bear their own costs. |