Case T-784/21: Action brought on 20 December 2021 — NP v Commission
Date: 2021-12-20
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: European official, disabled person, equal treatment, harassment at work, indemnification, principle of proportionality, psychological harassment, staff regulations (EU), worker with disabilities








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14.2.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 73/55






Action brought on 20 December 2021 — NP v Commission
(Case T-784/21)
(2022/C 73/70)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: NP (represented by: C. Mourato, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:






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annul the decision of 8 February 2021 of the European Commission (appointing authority) in that it rejects in part the applicant’s claims of 2 October 2020 based on psychological harassment for which the European Commission is liable on the basis of Articles12a(1) and (3) of the Staff Regulations, and more specifically by not acknowledging the harassment suffered since November 2014, by committing manifest errors of assessment of the alleged facts, by not drawing the appropriate conclusions, by infringing its obligation to provide assistance and by refusing to open the recognition procedure in respect of the applicant’s invisible mental disability before the reintegration procedure following the applicant being declared unfit to work and by refusing to determine reasonable accommodations for the performance of the essential functions of the applicant’s employment such as part-time work on medical grounds, teleworking and refresher training, in accordance with Articles 1d(4) and 33 of the Staff Regulations, Article 15 of Annex VIII of the Staff Regulations and Commission Decision C(2004) 1318 of 7 April 2004;










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order the European Commission to pay the applicant damages of EUR 40 000 as compensation for the non-material damage suffered in that context;










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order the European Commission to pay the applicant damages of EUR 106 649,02 as compensation for financial damage suffered in that context up to 31 December 2021, without prejudice to the applicant’s right to request a reassessment covering the financial damage that will be incurred between 1 January 2022 and the requested date of reintegration;










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order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings, pursuant to Article 134 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court of the European Union.





Pleas in law and main arguments

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






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First plea in law, alleging psychological harassment of the applicant by several members of the European Commission’s Medical Service, concurrent breaches of the duty to have regard for the welfare of staff and of the principles of non-discrimination and proportionality in the context of the applicant’s request for reintegration following invalidity since November 2014, manifest errors in the assessment of the facts alleged and an infringement of the obligation to provide assistance and lastly infringement of the obligation to initiate the procedure for establishing the applicant’s disability which must take place before the procedure for the applicant’s reintegration.










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Second plea in law, requesting damages for the abovementioned harassment.