CELEX: 62020TN0671
Language: en
Date: 2020-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-671/20: Action brought on 9 November 2020 — OA v EESC

11.1.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 9/30
            
         
      Action brought on 9 November 2020 — OA v EESC
      (Case T-671/20)
      (2021/C 9/43)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: OA (represented by: M. Casado García-Hirschfeld and M. Aboudi, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee
      
         Form of order sought
      
      The applicant claims that the Court should:
      
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                  declare the present application admissible;
               
            
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                  annul the contested decision of 5 December 2019 which was upheld by the decision rejecting the applicant’s complaint of 5 March 2020;
               
            
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                  order payment of compensation for non-material damage amounting to EUR 30 000 and compensation for material damage estimated at EUR 25 000;
               
            
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                  order the defendant to pay all the costs.
               
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
      
      In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
      
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                  First plea in law, alleging infringement of the procedural safeguards laid down for administrative and disciplinary investigations, and infringement of the principles of impartiality and sound administration. In that regard, the applicant claims that the administrative investigation concerning him is vitiated by numerous formal and procedural irregularities.
               
            
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                  Second plea in law, alleging infringement of the principle of proportionality and a manifest error of assessment, as well as misuse of powers.