JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (First Chamber)
16 April 2008
Case T-486/04
Christos Michail
v
Commission of the European Communities
(Civil service – Officials – Actions for annulment – Duty to provide assistance – Mental harassment)
Application: seeking annulment of the implied decision of 20 March 2004 by the Commission rejecting an application for assistance made
by the applicant under Article 24 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities.
Held: The action is dismissed. Mr Christos Michail is to bear one half of his costs. The Commission is to bear its own costs and
to pay one half of the costs of Mr Michail.
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