Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 18 March 2016 — Kerstens v Commission

(Case F-23/15) ¹

(Civil Service — Officials — Obligations — Acts contrary to the dignity of the civil service — Dissemination of insulting remarks with regard to another official — Article 12 of the Staff Regulations — Disciplinary procedure — Enquiry in the form of an examination of the facts — Reprimand — Article 9(1)(b) of Annex IX to the Staff Regulations — Consequences of the irregularity)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Petrus Kerstens (Overijse, Belgium) (represented by: C. Mourato, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T.S. Bohr and C. Ehrbar, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision to impose a disciplinary penalty in the form of a reprimand on the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Mr Petrus Kerstens to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the European Commission.

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¹ OJ C 127, 20.4.2015, p. 42.