Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 16 September 2013 – Faita v EESC

(Case F-92/11) ¹

(Civil service – Psychological harassment – Request for assistance – Grounds of a decision)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Carla Faita (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: D. Abreu Caldas, S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) (represented by: M. Arsène and L. Camarena Januzec, acting as Agents, and by M. Troncoso Ferrer and F.-M. Hislaire, lawyers)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the Economic and Social Committee refusing the applicant’s request for acknowledgement that she was the victim of misconduct, as a result of lack of assistance and a breach of the duty of care, and for measures to be taken in order to establish publicly the applicant’s merits and abilities, and a claim for damages.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Ms Faita to bear her costs and to pay three-quarters of the costs incurred by the European Economic and Social Committee;

Orders the European Economic and Social Committee to bear one quarter of its costs.

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¹ OJ C 347, 26.11.11 p. 46.