Judgment_paragraph 87 · QM v European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (T-164/21)

87However, it should be noted that when the administration has adopted, by an internal directive, a special system designed in particular to ensure transparency in the procedures for renewing contracts and the correct application of certain procedural conditions, the adoption of that system is tantamount to a voluntary curb on the institution’s discretion, from which the administration may not depart without setting out clearly the reasons which may justify that change, since otherwise the principle of equal treatment would be infringed (judgment of 26 September 2017, Hanschmann v Europol, T‑562/16, not published, EU:T:2017:664, paragraph 67).