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Case C‑5/23 P

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 July 2024

(Appeal – Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – Staff report – Obligation to state reasons – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Action for annulment and for damages)

1. Actions brought by officials – Staff report – Prior administrative complaint – Optional – Obligation to exhaust specific internal procedures established by general implementing provisions – None

   (Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 43, first para., 90(2), 91 and 110(1))

   (see paragraphs 19-25)
2. Officials – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Guidelines for reporting officers and members of staff on staff appraisal procedures – Legal effects

   (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43)

   (see paragraphs 32-36)
3. Officials – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Obligation to state reasons – Scope – Non-compliance – Annulment of the report

   (Arts 263 and 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(c); Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43)

   (see paragraphs 38, 39)
4. Judicial proceedings – Proof – Burden of proof – Applicability to negative facts – Precluded

   (see paragraphs 47, 48)
5. Officials – Reports procedure – Staff report – Content – Comments referring to reminders concerning compliance with deadlines – Need for the administration to preserve evidence

   (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43)

   (see paragraph 49)
6. Officials – Reports procedure – Staff report – Content – Reference by the person concerned to health problems experienced during the reference period – Not referred to by the reporting officer – Breach of duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Justification based on observance of the rules on confidentiality – Not permissible

   (see paragraphs 66, 67, 69-74, 77)

[See the text of the decision.](https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-5/23)

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