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Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 5 February 2016 — GV v EEAS

(Case F-137/14) 1

(Civil service — EEAS staff — Member of the contract staff — Contract for an indefinite period — Article 47(c) of the CEOS — Reasons for dismissal — Breakdown in the relationship of trust — Right to be heard — Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Principle of sound administration — Material damage — Non-material damage)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: GV (represented by: H. Tettenborn, lawyer)

Defendant: European External Action Service (represented by: S. Marquardt and M. Silva, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the EEAS terminating the applicant’s contract of employment for an indefinite period, and a claim for compensation for the material and non-material damage which the applicant claims to have suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Annuls the decision of 29 January 2014 by which the Director of the ‘Human Resources’ Directorate of the European External Action Service, acting in his capacity as the authority authorised to conclude contracts of employment, decided to terminate GV’s employment contract with effect from 31 August 2014;

Orders the European External Action Service to pay GV the sum of EUR 5 000 by way of compensation for the non-material damage suffered;

Dismisses the action as to the remainder;

Orders the European External Action Service to bear its own costs and to bear the costs incurred by GV.

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1 OJ C 34, 2.2.2015, p. 54.