62021TJ0311_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 October 2022 –SV v EIB
(Case T‑311/21) (
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(Civil service – EIB staff – Performance appraisal – Promotion – Administrative review – Special procedure applicable to appraisal decisions – Rule of correspondence between the administrative review and the subsequent application – Intensity of the review – Obligation to state reasons – Right to be heard – Manifest error of assessment – Liability)
1.
Actions brought by officials – Staff of the European Investment Bank – Action brought against the decision rejecting an administrative appeal – Effect – Disputed measure referred to the Court – Exception – Decision not confirmatory in character – Account taken of the reasoning therein
(Staff Regulations of the European Investment Bank, Art. 41)
(see paragraphs 14, 15, 20, 21)
2.
Actions brought by officials – Pleas in law – Challenge to the proper conduct of the pre-litigation procedure – Admissibility
(see paragraphs 29, 30)
3.
Officials – Staff of the European Investment Bank – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Challenge brought before the Director-General by the person being assessed – Scope of the review by the Director-General
(Staff Regulations of the European Investment Bank, Art. 22)
(see paragraphs 41-43, 55-61)
4.
Actions brought by officials – Staff of the European Investment Bank – Administrative review – Correspondence between the administrative review and the legal action – Same subject matter and legal basis – Pleas and arguments not set out in, but closely linked to, the administrative review – Admissibility
(Staff Regulations of the European Investment Bank, Art. 41)
(see paragraphs 70, 71)
5.
Officials – Staff of the European Investment Bank – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Judicial review – Examination ex officio of an infringement of the obligation to state reasons for an appraisal less favourable than the previous appraisal – Not included
(Staff Regulations of the European Investment Bank, Art. 22)
(see paragraph 74)
6.
Officials – Staff of the European Investment Bank – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Appraisal less favourable than the previous appraisal – Obligation to state reasons – Scope
(Art. 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(c); Staff Regulations of the European Investment Bank, Art. 22)
(see paragraphs 78-80, 84-86)
7.
Officials – Staff of the European Investment Bank – Promotion – Assessment of merits – Discretion of the President of the Bank – Judicial review – Limits
(Staff Regulations of the European Investment Bank, Art. 23)
(see paragraph 174)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the action;
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Orders SV to pay the costs.
(
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