# C_2023223EN.01003601.xml

| 26.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 223/36 |
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26.6.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 223/36

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Action brought on 21 April 2023 — VZ v Parliament

(Case T-223/23)

(2023/C 223/48)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: VZ (represented by: J.-M. Benítez de Lugo Guillen, lawyer)

Defendant: European Parliament

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | annul the decision of the President of the European Parliament of 16 January 2023 and the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 13 February 2023, which classified as psychological harassment the applicant’s conduct towards three of her parliamentary assistants and which penalised the applicant in terms of: a) loss of her entitlement to the daily allowance for a period of five days and the temporary suspension of her participation in the Parliament’s activities for five days, as regards the psychological harassment suffered by parliamentary assistant A; b) loss of her entitlement to the daily allowance for a period of fifteen days and the temporary suspension of her participation in the Parliament’s activities for fifteen days, as regards the psychological harassment suffered by parliamentary assistant B; c) loss of her entitlement to the daily allowance for a period of ten days and the temporary suspension of her participation in the Parliament’s activities for ten days, as regards the psychological harassment suffered by parliamentary assistant C; |
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annul the decision of the President of the European Parliament of 16 January 2023 and the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 13 February 2023, which classified as psychological harassment the applicant’s conduct towards three of her parliamentary assistants and which penalised the applicant in terms of: a) loss of her entitlement to the daily allowance for a period of five days and the temporary suspension of her participation in the Parliament’s activities for five days, as regards the psychological harassment suffered by parliamentary assistant A; b) loss of her entitlement to the daily allowance for a period of fifteen days and the temporary suspension of her participation in the Parliament’s activities for fifteen days, as regards the psychological harassment suffered by parliamentary assistant B; c) loss of her entitlement to the daily allowance for a period of ten days and the temporary suspension of her participation in the Parliament’s activities for ten days, as regards the psychological harassment suffered by parliamentary assistant C;

| — | annul any other measure prior to, related to, or following, the penalties imposed on the applicant; |
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annul any other measure prior to, related to, or following, the penalties imposed on the applicant;

| — | order the European Parliament to pay the costs. |
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order the European Parliament to pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

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

| 1. | First plea in law, alleging a failure to comply with procedural time limits due to infringement of Articles 4.2 and 11.1 of the Decision of the Bureau of 2 July 2018 on the functioning of the advisory committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament and its procedures for dealing with complaints. |
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First plea in law, alleging a failure to comply with procedural time limits due to infringement of Articles 4.2 and 11.1 of the Decision of the Bureau of 2 July 2018 on the functioning of the advisory committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament and its procedures for dealing with complaints.

| 2. | Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the rights of the defence, the right to effective judicial protection, the right to equality of arms and access to the files, under Articles 41, 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. |
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Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the rights of the defence, the right to effective judicial protection, the right to equality of arms and access to the files, under Articles 41, 47 and 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

| 3. | Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to the presumption of innocence, under Article 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. |
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Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to the presumption of innocence, under Article 48 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

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