20It is apparent from the letter which the President of the selection board sent to the applicant on 22 November 1989 that the selection board, at the applicant's request, had reconsidered her application. In those circumstances, the decision adopted following that reconsideration, on 22 November 1989, replaced the previous decision and cannot be regarded as merely confirming that previous decision (see judgment of the Court of Justice in Case 206/85 Beiten v Commission [1987] ECR 5301, 5316). As a decision taken by a selection board in a competition may be challenged without any need for a prior complaint, time began to run upon the notification of that new decision. Since the Parliament adduced no evidence of the date on which that decision was notified, the Court has no alternative but to be satisfied with the statement of the applicant and accept that she was able to become aware of that decision only on 29 December 1989. Accordingly, the application for the annulment of that decision must be regarded as admissible.
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