Judgment of the General Court of 13 November 2018 –Szentes v Commission

(Case T-830/17) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Recruitment - Competition notice - Open competition - Admission conditions - Professional experience - Selection board’s decision not to allow the applicant to sit the competition - Request for review - Plea of illegality - Obligation to state reasons - Distortion of information in the application form - Manifest error of assessment - Breach of the notice of competition))

(2019/C 16/53)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Gyula Szentes (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: F. Moyse, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: P. Mihaylova and B. Mongin, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application based on Article 270 TFEU seeking the annulment, first, of the decision of the chair of the selection board for Competition EPSO/AD/330/16 — Nuclear safeguards inspectors (AD 7) of 24 February 2017 not to admit the applicant to the next stage of that competition and, second, as far as necessary, of the decision of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) of 29 September 2017 rejecting his complaint.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Dismisses the action;

2.	Orders Mr Gyula Szentes to pay the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 63, 19.2.2018.