Case T-334/20: Action brought on 29 May 2020 — KH v EEAS
Date: 2020-05-29
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: harassment at work, pay scale, professional qualifications, psychological harassment, reassignment, rights of the defence, staff assessment








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27.7.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 247/43






Action brought on 29 May 2020 — KH v EEAS
(Case T-334/20)
(2020/C 247/59)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: KH (represented by: N. de Montigny, lawyer)

Defendant: European External Action Service

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the decision of 24 July 2019 to reassign the applicant to headquarters, by considering the applicant to be on mission from 1 September to 31 December 2019 only;










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annul the decision of 29 July 2019 to reject the request for assistance registered under reference [confidential] which was submitted on 29 March 2019 by the applicant on account of harassment on the part of the applicant’s Head of Delegation [confidential]; (1)











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annul the 2019 staff report (for the period 2018) dated 3 October 2019 which concluded that the applicant had underperformed;










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annul the decision of 4 November 2019 not to automatically advance the applicant to the next step on account of the applicant’s unsatisfactory staff report;










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order the defendant to pay the costs.





Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on three sets of pleas in law.






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Against the reassignment decision, the applicant relies on three pleas in law:






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First plea in law, alleging infringement of the duties to have regard for the welfare of officials and of sound administration;










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Second plea in law, alleging ineffectiveness of the right to be heard;










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Third plea in law, alleging error of law in the reasoning of the memo of 2 April 2019.














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Against the decision to reject the applicant’s request for assistance, the applicant relies on five pleas in law:






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First plea in law, alleging infringement of the duty to provide assistance;










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Second plea in law, alleging infringement of Article 12a of the of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (‘the Staff Regulations’);










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Third plea in law, alleging misinterpretation of Article 12a of the Staff Regulations and error of law;










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Fourth plea in law, alleging infringement of the right to be effectively heard;










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Fifth plea in law, alleging manifest error of assessment of the evidence submitted for assessment.














3.


Against the staff report, the applicant relies on four pleas in law:






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First plea in law, alleging contradictions in EEAS’s position;










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Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the duties of impartiality and neutrality;










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Third plea in law, alleging infringement of the duties to provide assistance, to have regard for the welfare of officials and of sound administration;










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Fourth plea in law, alleging a failure to state reasons and infringement of the rights of the defence.










(1)  Confidential information omitted.