CELEX: 62017TA0275
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-275/17: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2018 — Curto v Parliament (Civil service — Accredited parliamentary assistants — Article 24 of the Staff Regulations — Request for assistance — Article 12a of the Staff Regulations — Psychological harassment — Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints between Accredited Parliamentary Assistants and Members of the European Parliament and its prevention at the workplace — Decision rejecting the request for assistance — Error of assessment — Scope of the duty to provide assistance — Duration of the administrative procedure — Reasonable period — Refusal to disclose reports drawn up by the Advisory Committee)

24.9.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 341/15
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2018 — Curto v Parliament
      (Case T-275/17) (1)
      
      ((Civil service - Accredited parliamentary assistants - Article 24 of the Staff Regulations - Request for assistance - Article 12a of the Staff Regulations - Psychological harassment - Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints between Accredited Parliamentary Assistants and Members of the European Parliament and its prevention at the workplace - Decision rejecting the request for assistance - Error of assessment - Scope of the duty to provide assistance - Duration of the administrative procedure - Reasonable period - Refusal to disclose reports drawn up by the Advisory Committee))
      (2018/C 341/26)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Michela Curto (Genoa, Italy) (represented by: L. Levi and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: O. Caisou-Rousseau, E. Taneva and M. Rantala, Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action under Article 270 TFEU for (i) annulment of the decision of the European Parliament, of 30 June 2016, by which the Authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment of that institution rejected the request for assistance submitted by the applicant on 14 April 2014 and (ii) compensation for the harm allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that authority’s disregard of the duty to provide assistance laid down in Article 24 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, inter alia on account of the excessive duration of the procedure.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the European Parliament of 30 June 2016 by which the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment of that institution rejected the request for assistance submitted by Ms Michela Curto on 14 April 2014;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders the Parliament to pay Ms Curto, in respect of the non-material harm suffered, the sum of EUR 10 000, together with default interest from the date of delivery of the present judgment at the rate fixed by the European Central Bank (ECB) for its main refinancing operations;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders the Parliament to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 239, 24.7.2017.