Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2008:111
Date: 2008-04-16
Language of the case: French
Court formation: First Chamber
Based on: Merger Treaty (1965)
Subject matter: Staff regulations and employment conditions - EC
Concepts: Prohibition of harassment
Procedure: Staff cases - unfounded;Staff cases - inadmissible

Summary Officials – Mental harassment – Definition An official who claims to have been the victim of mental harassment must, irrespective of the subjective perception which he may have had of the facts alleged by him, put forward a body of evidence proving that he has been subjected to conduct aimed, on an objective view, at discrediting him or at deliberately impairing his working conditions, in other words, conduct which, viewed objectively, is of an intentional nature. (see paras 62, 63) See: T‑7/98, T‑208/98 and T‑109/99 De Nicola v EIB [2001] ECR‑SC I‑A‑49 and II‑185, para. 286; T‑144/03 Schmit v Commission [2005] ECR-SC I‑A‑101 and II‑465, paras 64 and 65