Judgment of the General Court of 6 December 2023 – QI v Commission

(Case T-807/21) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Psychological harassment – Article 12a of the Staff Regulations – Request for assistance – Refusal of request – Article 24 of the Staff Regulations – Prima facie evidence – Principle of sound administration – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials – Right to be heard – Error of assessment – Liability)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: QI (represented by: N. Flandin, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: T. Bohr, L. Hohenecker and T. Lilamand, acting as Agents)

Re:

By her action on the basis of Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks, first, annulment of the decision of the European Commission of 26 February 2021 refusing her request for assistance and of the decision of 27 September 2021 rejecting her complaint; second, she seeks compensation for the material and non-material damage she claims to have suffered owing to the harassment of which she was allegedly the victim and to the refusal of her request for assistance.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders QI to pay the costs.

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¹ OJ C 73, 14.2.2022.