62019CJ0875_INF
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 – FV v Council
(Case C‑875/19 P) (
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(Appeal – Application for annulment – Civil service – Staff report – Assessment criteria – Consistency of output – Delays – Submission of a medical certificate – Duty of care)
1.
Appeal – Grounds – Error of law relied on not identified – Ground lacking precision – Inadmissibility
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 169(2))
(see paras 26, 27)
2.
Officials – Reports procedure – Staff report – Assessment of the consistency of an official’s output – Unjustified delays taken into account – Whether permissible – Delays attributed to the official’s health condition – Obligation to submit medical certificates
(Staff Regulations, Art. 43)
(see paras 42-45, 52, 53, 56)
3.
Appeal – Grounds – Grounds of a judgment vitiated by an infringement of EU law – Operative part well founded for other legal reasons – Rejection
(Art. 256(1), second subpara. TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see para. 49)
4.
Appeal – Grounds – Inadequate statement of reasons – Reliance by the General Court on implied reasoning – Whether permissible – Conditions
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 36 and 53, first para.)
(see paras 58, 59, 79-81)
5.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea directed against a superfluous ground – Invalid plea in law – Rejection
(Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paras 60, 96, 103)
6.
Officials – Reports procedure – Staff report – Drawing up – Appeal assessor – Modification of the first assessor’s assessment – Whether permissible
(Staff Regulations, Art. 43)
(see paras 65, 66)
7.
Appeal – Grounds – Mistaken 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
(Art. 256(1), second subpara., TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.)
(see paras 82, 83)
8.
Officials – Administration’s duty to have regard for the interests of officials – Scope – Limits
(see paras 98-101)
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the appeal;
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Orders FV to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the Council of the European Union.
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)	OJ C 77, 9.3.2020.