Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 26 October 2022 –  
KD v EUIPO

(Case T‑298/20) (
[1](#t-ECR_62020TJ0298_INF_EN_01-E0001)
)

(Civil service – Members of the temporary staff – 2019 Appraisal exercise – Appraisal report – Pre-litigation procedure – Admissibility – Obligation to state reasons – Rights of the defence – Duty of care – Liability – Non-material damage)

| 1. | Actions brought by officials – Staff report – Prior administrative complaint – Optional – No obligation to exhaust specific internal procedures established by general implementing provisions  (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 52(1); Staff Regulations of Officials, Arts 43, 90, 91 and 110; Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, Art. 15(2))  (see paragraphs 22-30) |

| 2. | Officials – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Obligation to state reasons – Scope  (Art. 296 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 41(2)(c); Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43)  (see paragraphs 44-49, 58, 76, 77) |

| 3. | Officials – Reports procedure – Appraisal report – Discretion of assessors – Judicial review – Limits – Manifest error of assessment – Burden of proof  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 43)  (see paragraphs 94-97) |

| 4. | Officials – Duty of the administration to have regard for the welfare of officials – Scope – Greater obligation in a case affecting the health of the official  (see paragraphs 115, 121) |

| 5. | Actions brought by officials – Actions for damages – Annulment of the unlawful measure in dispute – Whether appropriate reparation for non-material damage  (Staff Regulations of Officials, Art. 91)  (see paragraphs 152, 153) |

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls KD’s appraisal report in respect of the 2019 appraisal exercise; |

| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

| 3. | Orders the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in addition to bearing its own costs, to pay three quarters of the costs incurred by KD; |

| 4. | Orders KD to pay a quarter of her own costs. |

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(
[1](#c-ECR_62020TJ0298_INF_EN_01-E0001)
) [OJ C 262, 10.8.2020](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2020:262:TOC).

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