Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 – AH v Eurofound

(Case T-630/19) ¹

(Civil service – Members of the contract staff – Psychological harassment – Request for assistance – Action for annulment – Lis pendens – Interest in bringing proceedings – Admissibility – Rule of correspondence between the application and the complaint – Obligation to state reasons – Lack of competence of the author of an act – Error of assessment – Liability – Non-material damage)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: AH (represented by: N. de Montigny, lawyer)

Defendant: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (represented by: F. van Boven and M. Jepsen, acting as Agents, and by C. Callanan, Solicitor)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking, first, annulment of the decision of Eurofound of 9 November 2018 closing the administrative investigation AI-2018/01 opened following the applicant’s request for assistance in respect of alleged psychological harassment on the part of his superiors, and second, compensation for the non-material damage allegedly suffered by the applicant as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders AH to pay, in addition to his own costs, those incurred by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).

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¹ OJ C 383, 11.11.2019.