Judgment (extracts);Judgment;Abstract — ECLI:EU:T:2019:481
Date: 2019-07-03
Language of the case: Swedish
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Action for damages - successful;Action for damages - unfounded;Staff cases - successful

summary dismissal, it ought to have initiated disciplinary proceedings against him and suspended him under Article 39 of the 2009 Staff Regulations. If, by contrast, the EIB considered, as it submitted at the hearing, that the applicant’s conduct did not come within the scope of that provision, but that the continuance of its working relationship with him was inconceivable, it should have terminated his contract under Article 16 of the 2009 Staff Regulations, subject to compliance with the applicable rules. 260 The first part of the first plea in law must therefore be upheld and, in consequence, the decisions of 13 April, 12 May, 16 June and 20 October 2015 must be annulled. … On those grounds, THE GENERAL COURT (Fourth Chamber) hereby: 1. Annuls the decisions of the European Investment Bank (EIB) of 13 April, 12 May, 16 June and 20 October 2015, 6 June 2016 and 7 February 2017 on PT’s dispensation from service and the EIB’s decision of 18 June 2015 to block PT’s access to his email and to IT connections of the EIB; 2. Orders the EIB to pay to PT, in respect of the non-material harm suffered, the sum of EUR 25 000 plus default interest from the date of delivery of the present judgment, at the rate fixed by the European Central Bank (ECB) for main refinancing operations, increased by 3.5 points; 3. Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 4. Orders the EIB to pay the costs. Kanninen Schwarcz Iliopoulos Delivered in open court in Luxembourg on 3 July 2019. [Signatures] * Language of the case: Swedish. 1 Only the paragraphs of the present judgment which the Court considers it appropriate to publish are reproduced here.