Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 22 June 2023.#YG v European Commission.#Appeal – Civil service – Official – Promotion – 2019 promotion exercise – Decision not to promote the appellant to grade AST 9 – Article 45(1) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Comparison of merits – Distortion of the evidence – Disregard for and distortion of the pleas in the application at first instance – Infringement of the rights of the defence – Failure to fulfil the duty to state reasons.#Case C-818/21 P.