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Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 12 November 2020 – Pethke v EUIPO
(Case C‑382/19 P) (
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(Appeal – Civil Service – Official – Internal reorganisation of the services of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) – Redeployment – Article 7 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union – Covert penalty – Interests of the service – Equivalence of posts – Obligation to state reasons – Distortion of the facts – Psychological harassment – Article 12a of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union)
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Officials – Reorganisation of departments – Reassignment – Compliance with the principle of assignment to an equivalent post – Scope – Right to retain specific duties – None
(Staff Regulations, Arts 7(1) and 45(1); European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1023/2013, recital 19)
(see paras 50-52, 54, 55)
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Appeal – Grounds – Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence – Inadmissibility – Review by the Court of the assessment of the facts and evidence – Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted – Ground of appeal alleging distortion of the clear sense of the evidence – Need to indicate precisely the evidence alleged to have been distorted and show the errors of appraisal which led to that distortion – Requirement that the distortion be obvious from the documents in the file
(Art. 256(1), second para., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 168(1)(d))
(see paras 60-62, 65, 77, 79, 86)
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Officials – Psychological harassment – Definition – Reassignement without evidence of misconduct – Precluded
(Staff Regulations, Art. 12a(3))
(see paras 95-97)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders Mr Ralph Pethke to bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
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