CELEX: 62019TA0703
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-703/19: Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2021 — DD v FRA (Action for damages — Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Initiation of an administrative inquiry — Article 86(2) of the Staff Regulations — Duty to provide information — Duration of the procedure — Reasonable time — Obligation to state reasons — Manifest error of assessment — Confidentiality of the administrative inquiry — Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials — Non-material damage — Causal link)

28.2.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/25
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 21 December 2021 — DD v FRA
      (Case T-703/19) (1)
      
      (Action for damages - Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Initiation of an administrative inquiry - Article 86(2) of the Staff Regulations - Duty to provide information - Duration of the procedure - Reasonable time - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest error of assessment - Confidentiality of the administrative inquiry - Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials - Non-material damage - Causal link)
      (2022/C 95/33)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: DD (represented: initially by L. Levi and M. Vandenbussche, lawyers, and subsequently by L. Levi, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (represented by: M. O’Flaherty, acting as Agent, and by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 270 TFEU seeking, in essence, compensation for the non-material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant estimated ex aequo et bono at EUR 50 000 as a result of the initiation and conduct of an administrative procedure within FRA.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders DD to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 432, 23.12.2019.