Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 3 February 2011 – Italy v Commission

(Case T-205/07)

Rules on the use of languages – Publication on EPSO’s website of a call for expressions of interest to constitute a database of candidates to be recruited as contractual agents – Publication in three official languages – Articles 12 EC and 290 EC – Article 82 of the Conditions of Employment of other Servants – Regulation No 1

1.                     European Union – Rules on languages – Regulation No 1 – Scope – Relations between the institutions and their staff – Not included (Council Regulation No 1) (see paras 30-33)

2.                     European Union – Rules on languages – No general principle giving each citizen the right to have any measure capable of affecting his interests drafted in his own language (Arts 290 EC and 314 EC; Council Regulation No 1) (see para. 50)

3.                     Officials – Contractual agents – Recruitment – Call for expressions of interest to constitute a database of candidates to be recruited as contractual agents – Publication on the site of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) only in certain official languages – Obligation to adopt measures allowing all potential candidates to become aware of the existence and content of the call – Candidates having sufficient mastery of at least one of the languages of publication – Discrimination based on language – None – Candidates having only knowledge of other official languages – Discrimination based on language (Art. 12 EC; Conditions of Employment of other Servants, Art. 82(1)) (see paras 52-54, 58-59, 63-64)

Re:

Operative part

The Court: