# C_2017095EN.01001501.xml

| 27.3.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 95/15 |
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27.3.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 95/15

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Action brought on 17 January 2017 — RQ v Commission

(Case T-29/17)

(2017/C 095/24)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Parties

Applicant: RQ (represented by: É. Boigelot, lawyer)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission

Defendant:

Form of order sought

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | declare his action admissible and well founded; |
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declare his action admissible and well founded;

| — | consequently, annul the European Commission’s decision of 2 March 2016, C(2016)1449 final, relating to a request for waiver of immunity, notified on 11 March 2016 and of which the Director General learned on 14 March 2016 on his return from mission; |
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consequently, annul the European Commission’s decision of 2 March 2016, C(2016)1449 final, relating to a request for waiver of immunity, notified on 11 March 2016 and of which the Director General learned on 14 March 2016 on his return from mission;

| — | so far as necessary, annul the decision of 5 October 2016, under reference Ares(2016)5814495 — 07/10/2016, notified on 7 October 2016, by which the appointing authority rejected the applicant’s complaint, which he had submitted on 10 June 2016 under reference No R/317/16; |
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so far as necessary, annul the decision of 5 October 2016, under reference Ares(2016)5814495 — 07/10/2016, notified on 7 October 2016, by which the appointing authority rejected the applicant’s complaint, which he had submitted on 10 June 2016 under reference No R/317/16;

| — | order the defendant in any event to pay all the costs, in accordance with Article 134(1) and 135 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court. |
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order the defendant in any event to pay all the costs, in accordance with Article 134(1) and 135 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on five pleas in law.

| 1. | First plea in law, alleging infringement of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’), in particular Article 23 thereof, and of Article 17 of the Protocol (No. 7) on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, and breach of the principle requiring the administration to hand down decisions only on the basis of legally admissible grounds, by which is meant grounds which are relevant and not vitiated by manifest errors of assessment. |
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First plea in law, alleging infringement of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’), in particular Article 23 thereof, and of Article 17 of the Protocol (No. 7) on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, and breach of the principle requiring the administration to hand down decisions only on the basis of legally admissible grounds, by which is meant grounds which are relevant and not vitiated by manifest errors of assessment.

| 2. | Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the Staff Regulations, in particular Article 24 thereof, and breach of the duty to have regard to the interests of officials. |
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Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the Staff Regulations, in particular Article 24 thereof, and breach of the duty to have regard to the interests of officials.

| 3. | Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons, in particular infringement of the third indent of Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, of Article 296 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, of Article 25 of the Staff Regulations and of the public interest. |
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Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the obligation to state reasons, in particular infringement of the third indent of Article 41(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, of Article 296 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, of Article 25 of the Staff Regulations and of the public interest.

| 4. | Fourth plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of legitimate expectations and manifest error of assessment. |
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Fourth plea in law, alleging breach of the principle of legitimate expectations and manifest error of assessment.

| 5. | Fifth plea in law, alleging infringement of the normal exercise of the rights of the defence, in particular of the right to be heard, the duty of impartiality and the observance of the principle of the presumption of innocence, and the failure to act diligently, in particular as regards the observance of reasonable time-limits. |
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Fifth plea in law, alleging infringement of the normal exercise of the rights of the defence, in particular of the right to be heard, the duty of impartiality and the observance of the principle of the presumption of innocence, and the failure to act diligently, in particular as regards the observance of reasonable time-limits.

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