Judgment_paragraph 67 · Kingdom of Spain v European Parliament (C-377/16)

67With respect, next, to the existence of a legitimate objective of general interest in the framework of staff policy, within the meaning of Article 1d(6) of the Staff Regulations, capable of justifying that difference in treatment, it follows from the Court’s case-law that the interests of the service may require that the persons recruited have specific language skills. Consequently, the specific nature of the tasks to be performed may justify recruitment based, inter alia, on a thorough knowledge of a specific language (see, to that effect, judgments of 19 June 1975, Küster v Parliament, 79/74, EU:C:1975:85, paragraphs 16 and 17; of 29 October 1975, Küster v Parliament, 22/75, EU:C:1975:140, paragraphs 13 and 14; and of 27 November 2012, Italy v Commission, C‑566/10 P, EU:C:2012:752, paragraph 88).