Judgment of the General Court of 24 January 2024 – WV v EEAS

(Case T-371/21) ¹

(Civil service – Officials – Disciplinary proceedings – Disciplinary penalty – Removal from post without reduction of entitlement to a pension – Obligation to state reasons – Error of assessment – Proportionality – Liability)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: WV (represented by: É. Boigelot and B. Garzón Real, lawyers)

Defendant: European External Action Service (represented by: R. Spáč, S. Marquardt and A. Ireland, acting as Agents, and by M. Troncoso Ferrer, F.-M. Hislaire and L. Lence de Frutos, lawyers)

Re:

By her action under Article 270 TFEU, the applicant seeks (i) the annulment of the decision of the European External Action Service (EEAS) of 26 August 2020 by which it imposed on her the penalty of removal from post without a reduction of pension rights, and (ii) compensation for the harm which she allegedly suffered as a result of that decision.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

Dismisses the action;

Orders WV to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 422, 18.10.2021.