CELEX: 62016TA0270
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-270/16 P: Judgment of the General Court of 14 February 2017 — Kerstens v Commission (Appeal — Civil Service — Officials — Dismissal of the action at first instance — Acts contrary to the dignity of the civil service — Dissemination of insulting remarks with regard to another official — Disciplinary proceedings — Enquiry in the form of an examination of the facts — Disciplinary penalty of a reprimand — Procedural irregularity — Consequences of the irregularity)

27.3.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/12
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 14 February 2017 — Kerstens v Commission
   (Case T-270/16 P) (1)
   
   ((Appeal - Civil Service - Officials - Dismissal of the action at first instance - Acts contrary to the dignity of the civil service - Dissemination of insulting remarks with regard to another official - Disciplinary proceedings - Enquiry in the form of an examination of the facts - Disciplinary penalty of a reprimand - Procedural irregularity - Consequences of the irregularity))
   (2017/C 095/20)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Appellant: Petrus Kerstens (Overijse, Belgium) (represented by: C. Mourato, lawyer)
   
      Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: T. Bohr and C. Ehrbar, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Appeal brought against the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 18 March 2016, Kerstens v Commission (F-23/15, EU:F:2016:65), and seeking to have that judgment set aside.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 18 March 2016, Kerstens v Commission (F-23/15, EU:F:2016:65) in so far as it rejects the claim for annulment of the European Commission’s decision of 15 April 2014 imposing a reprimand on Mr Petrus Kerstens;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Annuls the Commission’s decision of 15 April 2014 imposing a reprimand on Mr Kerstens;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings on appeal and of the proceedings at first instance.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 260, 18.7.2016.