Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 July 2020 — European Commission v HM

(Case C-70/19 P) (1)

(Appeal - Civil service - Officials - Recruitment - Notice of competition EPSO/AST-SC/03/15 - Refusal to allow participation in the assessment tests - Request for review - Email of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) - EPSO’s failure to send the request for review to the selection board of the competition - Ground for refusal - Out of time - Classification of EPSO’s email - Decision to reject the request for review - Powers - No legal basis - Setting aside)

(2020/C 287/07)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Appellant: European Commission (represented by: T. S. Bohr and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)

Other party to the proceedings: HM (represented by: H. Tettenborn, Rechtsanwalt)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.	Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 21 November 2018, HM v Commission (T-587/16, EU:T:2018:818);

2.	Refers the case back to the General Court of the European Union;

3.	Reserves the costs.

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(1)  OJ C 164, 13.5.2019.