3.6.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 187/4
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 March 2019 — European Commission v Italian Republic, Republic of Lithuania
(Case C-621/16 P) (1)
(Appeal - Rules on languages - Open competition for the recruitment of administrators - Notice of competition - Administrators (AD 5) - Administrators (AD 6) in the field of data protection - Knowledge of languages - Restriction of the choice of language 2 of the competitions to English, French and German - Language of communication with the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) - Regulation No 1 - Staff Regulations - Discrimination based on language - Justification - Interests of the service - Judicial review)
(2019/C 187/05)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: L. Pignataro-Nolin and G. Gattinara, acting as Agents)
Other parties to the proceedings: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by P. Gentili, avvocato dello Stato), Republic of Lithuania
Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: M.J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, acting as Agent)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the appeal;
2.
Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Italian Republic;
3.
Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.
(1) OJ C 46, 13.2.2017.
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