Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 2 May 2007 - Giraudy v Commission
(Officials - Actions - Action for damages - Investigation by the European anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) - Reassignment - Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 - Decision 1999/396/EC, ECSC, Euratom - Fault - Damage - Occupational disease - Account to be taken of the benefits provided for under Article 73 of the Staff Regulations)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Jean-Louis Giraudy (Paris, France) (represented by: D. Voillemot, lawyer)
Defendant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: J. Curral and G. Berscheid, lawyer)
Re:
First, annulment of the Commission's decision refusing to acknowledge the liability of its departments and the damage allegedly suffered by the applicant in the context of an investigation carried out by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in the Commission's Office in France and, second, a claim for damages.
Operative part of the judgment
The Commission of the European Communities is ordered to pay Mr Giraudy damages in the amount of EUR 15 000 by way of compensation for the non-material damage suffered by him in the form of an attack on his reputation and integrity.
The remainder of the application is dismissed.
The Commission of the European Communities shall bear its own costs and two thirds of Mr Giraudy's costs
Mr Giraudy shall bear one third of his own costs.
____________1 - OJ 2005 C 171 of 09.07.2005, p. 29 (case initially registered at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities under number T-169/05 and transferred to the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union by order of 15 December 2005).