Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (First Chamber) of 26 March 2015 — Coedo Suárez v Council

(Case F-38/14) ¹

(Civil Service — Officials — Disciplinary procedure — Disciplinary action –Revocation and reduction of the invalidity allowance — Proportionality of the penalty — Manifest error of assessment — Concept of conduct of the official throughout his career — Adhering to working hours)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Ángel Coedo Suárez (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: S. Rodrigues and C. Bernard-Glanz, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and A. Bisch, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application to annul the decision of the Secretary General of the Council to impose the penalty of revoking and reducing the invalidity allowance by 15% until the age of retirement.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action;

Orders Mr Coedo Suárez to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union.

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¹ OJ C 212, 7.7.2014, p. 45.