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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 10 June 2004 in Case T-307/01: Jean-Paul François v Commission of the European Communities 1

(Officials - Disciplinary regime - Relegation in step - Caretaking contract of the Commission's buildings - Reasonable time-limit - Criminal proceeding - Action for damages)

(Language of the case: French)

In Case T-307/01: Jean-Paul François, an official of the Commission of the European Communities, residing at Wavre (Belgium), represented by A. Colson, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg, against Commission of the European Communities (Agent: J. Currall assisted by B. Wägenbaur, lawyer, with an address for service in Luxembourg) - application for, first, annulment of the Commission's decision of 5 April 2001 imposing on the applicant the disciplinary sanction of relegation in step and, secondly, damages to compensate for the material and non-material damage which the applicant claims to have suffered - the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber), composed of P. Lindh, President, R. García-Valdecasas and J.D. Cooke, Judges; for the Registrar: I. Natsinas, Administrator, has given a judgment on 10 June 2004, in which it:

1.    Annuls the Commission's decision of 5 April 2001 imposing on the applicant the disciplinary sanction of relegation in step;

2.    Orders the Commission to pay the applicant damages of EUR 8 000 in respect of the non-material damage suffered by him;

3.    Orders the Commission to pay all the costs.

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