CELEX: 62020TA0377
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-377/20: Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 — KN v EESC (Law governing the institutions — Member of the EESC — OLAF investigation into allegations of psychological harassment — Decision to discharge a member from his or her supervisory and personnel management activities — Action for annulment — Challengeable act — Admissibility — Measure taken in the interest of the service — Legal basis — Rights of the defence — Refusal to grant access to the annnexes to the OLAF report — Disclosure of the substance of the witness statements in the form of a summary — Liability)

8.11.2021   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 452/36
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 1 September 2021 — KN v EESC
      (Case T-377/20) (1)
      
      (Law governing the institutions - Member of the EESC - OLAF investigation into allegations of psychological harassment - Decision to discharge a member from his or her supervisory and personnel management activities - Action for annulment - Challengeable act - Admissibility - Measure taken in the interest of the service - Legal basis - Rights of the defence - Refusal to grant access to the annnexes to the OLAF report - Disclosure of the substance of the witness statements in the form of a summary - Liability)
      (2021/C 452/42)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: KN (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld and M. Aboudi, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee (represented by: M. Pascua Mateo, K. Gambino, X. Chamodraka, A. Carvajal García-Valdecasas and L. Camarena Januzec, acting as Agents, and by A. Duron, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      First, application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the EESC of 9 June 2020 and, second, application under Article 268 TFEU seeking compensation for the damage which the applicant claims to have suffered.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders KN to pay the costs, including those relating to the proceedings for interim measures.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2020.