13In that connection it should be noted that the Court has consistently held that the appointing authority is not obliged to give reasons for a promotion decision in so far as they affect candidates who have not been promoted, but that it is obliged to give reasons for its decision rejecting a complaint lodged under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations by a candidate who has not been promoted (judgment of 30 October 1974 in Case 188/73 Grassi v Council [1974] ECR 1099), since the reasons given for the latter decision are deemed to be the same as those for the decision which was the subject of the complaint (see judgments of 27 October 1977 in Case 121/76 Moli v Commission [1977] ECR 1971 and of 13 April 1978 in Case 75/77 Mollet v Commission [1978] ECR 897). That case-law is also applicable to cases such as the present one.
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