CELEX: 62017CA0558
Language: en
Date: 2019-04-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-558/17 P: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 April 2019 — OZ v European Investment Bank (EIB) (Appeal — Civil service — Staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) — Sexual harassment — Investigation carried out in the context of the ‘Dignity at work’ programme — Rejection of a complaint alleging harassment — Application for annulment of the decision of the President of the EIB rejecting the complaint — Compensation for damage)

17.6.2019   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 206/4
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 April 2019 — OZ v European Investment Bank (EIB)
      (Case C-558/17 P) (1)
      
      (Appeal - Civil service - Staff of the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Sexual harassment - Investigation carried out in the context of the ‘Dignity at work’ programme - Rejection of a complaint alleging harassment - Application for annulment of the decision of the President of the EIB rejecting the complaint - Compensation for damage)
      (2019/C 206/05)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Appellant: OZ (represented by: B. Maréchal, avocat)
      
         Other party to the proceedings: European Investment Bank (EIB) (represented by: K. Carr and G. Faedo, acting as Agents, and A. Dal Ferro, avvocato)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Sets aside the judgment of the General Court of the European Union of 13 July 2017, OZ v EIB (T-607/16, not published, EU:T:2017:495), in so far as it rejected, first, the heads of claim seeking damages set out by OZ in her application based on the liability of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for alleged unlawful acts committed during the investigation procedure, including the failure to respect the appellant’s right to a fair hearing, and, second, the head of claim seeking annulment set out in the application;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the appeal as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the President of the European Investment Bank of 16 October 2015 to take no further action on the complaint alleging sexual harassment made by OZ;
               
            
                  4.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  5.
               
               
                  Orders the European Investment Bank to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by OZ relating to the proceedings at first instance and the appeal proceedings.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 437, 18.12.2017.