62019CJ0877_INF
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 April 2021 – FV v Council
(Case C‑877/19 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)
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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 24, 25)
2.
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 35, 39, 40)
3.
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 45, 46, 74)
4.
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)
5.
Appeal – Grounds – Plea raised for the first time in the context of the appeal – Inadmissibility
(Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 170(1))
(see paras 72, 73)
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.