62021CJ0299_INF
Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 2 June 2022 –EM v Parliament
(Case C‑299/21 P) (
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(Appeal – Civil service – European Parliament – Member of the temporary staff in the service of a political group – Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Article 7 – Transfer – Article 12 and Article 12a(3) – Concept of ‘psychological harassment’ – Failure to assign tasks – Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union – Request for assistance – Loss or harm – Compensation)
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Officials – Psychological harassment – Definition – Conduct intended to discredit the person concerned or to impair his working conditions or having that effect – Requirement that conduct must be repetitive – Requirement that conduct must be intentional – Scope
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 12a(3))
(see para. 102)
2.
Officials – Non-contractual liability of the institutions – Service-related fault – Concept – Conduct lacking the features of a decision – Included
(Art. 270 TFEU; Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91(1))
(see para. 121)
3.
Officials – Non-contractual liability of the institutions – Conditions – Unlawfulness – Damage – Causal link – Cumulative conditions
(Art. 340, second para., TFEU)
(see para. 122)
4.
Officials – Reorganization of departments – Assignment of staff – Reassignment – Compliance with the principle of assignment to an equivalent post – Scope – Failure to assign tasks – Not permissible – Obligation for the administration to provide a remedy – Scope – Ongoing investigation into the alleged psychological harassment of the person concerned – Irrelevant
(Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 7 and 24; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Art. 10(1))
(see paras 126-129, 131, 132)
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Appeal – Appeal upheld – Judgment to be given on the substance by the appeal court – Condition – Whether the state of the proceedings permits final judgment to be given – Meaning
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 61, first para.)
(see para. 140)
Operative part
The Court:
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Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 3 March 2021, EM v Parliament (T‑599/19, not published, EU:T:2021:111), to the extent that the General Court rejected the claims for compensation in the action, in so far as they sought reparation for the loss or harm suffered by the appellant as a result of being prevented from carrying out tasks during the period from 8 December 2016 to 1 June 2018, the date of his retirement;
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Dismisses the remainder of the appeal;
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Orders the European Parliament to pay compensation in the amount of EUR 7500 to EM;
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Orders the European Parliament to bear its own costs in relation both to the proceedings at first instance in Case T‑599/19 and the appeal proceedings and to pay half of the costs incurred by EM in relation to those proceedings.
(
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)	OJ C 431, 25.10.2021.