General Court 21 October 2026, T-475/24 (FD v European Investment Fund.)

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An applicant sought the annulment of the European Investment Fund's (EIF) decision rejecting his applications at the pre-selection stage for four Head of Division positions, raising an incidental plea of illegality and pleas alleging failure to state reasons, procedural breaches, manifest errors of assessment, and infringements of legal certainty and equal treatment concerning gender balance. The General Court dismissed the plea of illegality as inadmissible for lack of a direct legal connection, holding that the applicant's exclusion was determined by the award of multiple amber ratings under the pre-selection criteria rather than his gender. Finding no manifest error of assessment, failure to state reasons, or breach of equal treatment, the General Court dismissed the action in its entirety and ordered the applicant to bear the costs.AI