Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-430/20 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, August 07, 2020

• Resolution Date: August 07, 2020
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-430/20

Action brought on 9 July 2020 - KV v Commission

(Case T-430/20)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: KV (represented by: M. Velardo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the decision of 23 May 2019 by which the applicant was excluded from competition EPSO/AD/371/19 on the ground of lack of professional experience;

annul the decision of 19 September 2019 rejecting the request for review of the applicant’s exclusion from competition EPSO/AD/371/19;

annul the appointing authority’s decision of 31 March 2020 dismissing the administrative appeal brought under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations;

order the Commission to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.

First plea in law, alleging a manifest error of assessment in so far as the applicant’s three years of professional experience in communication were not taken into consideration.

Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the competition notice in so far as the selection board drew up criteria for assessing candidates which did not comply with the competition notice, requiring, in particular, specific professional experience in communication.

Third plea in law, alleging failure to observe the principle of equality in so far as the selection...