31.10.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

C 418/20

(Case T-713/20) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)

(Civil service - Recruitment - Notice of open competition EPSO/AD/378/20 (AD 7) - Croatian-language lawyer-linguists at the Court of Justice of the European Union - Decision of the selection board not to admit the applicant to the next stage of the competition - Conditions for admission - Condition relating to a level of education corresponding to a full course of university studies leading to qualifications in Croatian law - Possession of French qualifications in law - Freedom of movement for workers - Action for annulment)

(2022/C 418/25)

Language of the case: Croatian

Parties

Applicant: OQ (represented by: R. Štaba, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Milanowska, R. Mrljić and L. Vernier, acting as Agents)

Re:

By his action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks annulment of the decision of the competition selection board of 3 September 2020 not to admit him to the next stage of open competition EPSO/AD/378/20 for the purpose of drawing up a reserve list of Croatian-language lawyer-linguists for the Court of Justice of the European Union. The applicant also seeks annulment of the rejection of his request for review of that decision, adopted by decision of the selection board of 12 October 2020.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Annuls the decision of the competition selection board of 12 October 2020 rejecting OQ’s request for review and refusing to admit him to the next stage of open competition EPSO/AD/378/20 for the purpose of drawing up a reserve list of ‘Croatian-language (HR) lawyer-linguists (AD 7)’ for the Court of Justice of the European Union;

2.Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OQ.

(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 182, 10.5.2021.