Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2021:284
Date: 2021-04-15
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Appeal - unfounded;Appeal - inadmissible;Staff cases

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 – FV v Council (Case C‑877/19 P)(1) (Appeal – Application for annulment – Civil service – Staff report – Assessment criteria – Consistency of output – Delays – Submission of a medical certificate – Duty of care) 1. Appeal – Grounds – Error of law relied on not identified – Ground lacking precision – Inadmissibility (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(2)) (see paras 24, 25) 2. Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions (Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.) (see paras 35, 39, 40) 3. Appeal – Grounds – Plea directed against a superfluous ground – Invalid plea in law – Rejection (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see paras 45, 46, 74) 4. Appeal – Grounds – Grounds of a judgment vitiated by an infringement of EU law – Operative part well founded for other legal reasons – Rejection (Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 49) 5. Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility (Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1)) (see paras 72, 73) Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders FV to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union. 1 OJ C 77, 9.3.2020.