Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 13 March 2013 – AK v Commission

(Case F-91/10) ¹

(Civil Service – Officials – First paragraph of Article 43 of the Staff Regulations – Delay in drawing up career development reports – Non-pecuniary damage – Loss of the opportunity to be promoted)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: AK (Esbo, Finland) (represented by: S. Orlandi, A. Coolen, J.-N. Louis and É. Marchal, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Berscheid and J. Baquero Cruz, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision rejecting the applicant’s claim for compensation for the loss suffered by reason of the failure to establish career development reports and for the opening of an administrative inquiry to establish the facts of harassment and application for compensation for the damage suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Orders the European Commission to pay the sum of EUR 15 000 to AK as compensation for non-pecuniary damage;

Orders the European Commission to pay the sum of EUR 4 000 to AK as compensation for the loss of opportunity to be promoted to a grade higher than A 5 or equivalent before 1 March 2008;

Dismisses the remainder of the action;

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by AK.

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¹ OJ C 13, 15.1.2011, p. 40.