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Document 62019TA0087
Case T-87/19: Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2020 — Broughton v Eurojust (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Deferment of advancement to a higher step for a period of six months — Annulment of reclassification in the higher grade — Ability to work in a third language — Administrative investigation — Duty to act in good faith — Impartiality — Rights of the defence — Equality of arms — Obligation to state reasons — Articles 11 and 12 of the Staff Regulations)
Case T-87/19: Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2020 — Broughton v Eurojust (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Deferment of advancement to a higher step for a period of six months — Annulment of reclassification in the higher grade — Ability to work in a third language — Administrative investigation — Duty to act in good faith — Impartiality — Rights of the defence — Equality of arms — Obligation to state reasons — Articles 11 and 12 of the Staff Regulations)
Case T-87/19: Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2020 — Broughton v Eurojust (Civil service — Members of the temporary staff — Deferment of advancement to a higher step for a period of six months — Annulment of reclassification in the higher grade — Ability to work in a third language — Administrative investigation — Duty to act in good faith — Impartiality — Rights of the defence — Equality of arms — Obligation to state reasons — Articles 11 and 12 of the Staff Regulations)
OJ C 423, 7.12.2020, pp. 35–36
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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7.12.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 423/35 |
Judgment of the General Court of 5 October 2020 — Broughton v Eurojust
(Case T-87/19) (1)
(Civil service - Members of the temporary staff - Deferment of advancement to a higher step for a period of six months - Annulment of reclassification in the higher grade - Ability to work in a third language - Administrative investigation - Duty to act in good faith - Impartiality - Rights of the defence - Equality of arms - Obligation to state reasons - Articles 11 and 12 of the Staff Regulations)
(2020/C 423/51)
Language of the case: Dutch
Parties
Applicant: Jon Broughton (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (represented by: D. Coppens, lawyer)
Defendant: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (represented by: J. Jooma and A. Terstegen-Verhaag, acting as Agents, and by D. Waelbroeck and A. Duron, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought under Article 270 TFEU seeking, in essence, first, annulment of the decisions of 4 May 2018 by which Eurojust deferred the applicant’s advancement to a higher step for a period of six months, held that French was his third language, annulled his reclassification from grade AD 9 to AD 10, which occurred in 2012, and proceeded to recover the amounts received since that year on account of that reclassification, second, a declaration that French must be considered to be the applicant’s second language and Dutch his third language, third, a declaration that the recovery of the amounts received by the applicant as a result of his reclassification in grade was unlawful and that the amounts recovered by Eurojust must be reimbursed to the applicant and, fourth, a declaration that Eurojust must restore the applicant’s legal position to what it was previously.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Dismisses the action; |
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Orders Jon Broughton to bear his own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust). |