Judgment_paragraph 26 · PB v European Commission (T-609/16)

26It is settled case-law that, in the context of a recruitment procedure, which is a complex administrative operation composed of a series of decisions, a candidate in a competition may, in an action brought against a subsequent step taken in that process, challenge the legality of earlier steps that are closely linked to it (see, to that effect, judgment of 11 August 1995, Commission v Noonan, C‑448/93 P, EU:C:1995:264, paragraph 17 and the case-law cited) and, in particular, challenge the legality of the competition notice pursuant to which the step in question was taken (see, to that effect, judgment of 5 December 2012, BA v Commission, F‑29/11, EU:F:2012:172, paragraph 39 and the case-law cited).