Judgment of the General Court of 8 September 2021 – QB v ECB

(Case T-555/20) ¹

(Civil service – ECB staff – Appraisal report – 2015 appraisal exercise – Compliance with a judgment of the General Court – Article 266 TFEU – Duty of impartiality – ECB staff appraisal guide – Manifest errors of assessment – Liability)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: QB (represented by: L. Levi, lawyer)

Defendant: European Central Bank (represented by: B. Ehlers and F. Malfrère, acting as Agents, and B. Wägenbaur, lawyer)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU and Article 50a of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union seeking, first, annulment of the applicant’s appraisal report for the 2015 appraisal period and, second, compensation for the non-material damage which the applicant claims to have sustained as a result of that document.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders QB to bear her own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB).

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¹ OJ C 359, 26.10.2020.